From: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Docs: Modernize SubmittingPatches
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:28:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141218192816.GC11764@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141215105251.16913f8c@lwn.net>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:52:51AM -0500, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> +15) Sending "git pull" requests
> +-------------------------------
> +If you have a series of patches, it may be most convenient to have the
> +maintainer pull them directly into the subsystem repository with a
> +"git pull" operation. Note, however, that pulling patches from a developer
> +requires a higher degree of trust than taking patches from a mailing list.
> +As a result, many subsystem maintainers are reluctant to take pull
> +requests, especially from new, unknown developers.
Probably worth adding something like "If in doubt you can use the pull
request as the cover letter for a normal posting of the patch series,
giving the maintainer the option of using either or both" - that way
even if someone guesses wrong about the pull request being appropriate
things will most likely be OK anyway.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-15 15:52 Jonathan Corbet
2014-12-15 16:33 ` Randy Dunlap
2014-12-15 21:58 ` Jonathan Corbet
2014-12-15 20:29 ` Frank Rowand
2014-12-15 22:42 ` Corey Minyard
2014-12-18 19:28 ` Mark Brown [this message]
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