From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751791AbaLRXGH (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:06:07 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:57965 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751253AbaLRXGF (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:06:05 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:06:04 -0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Brian Norris Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] stable_kernel_rules: reorganize and update submission options Message-ID: <20141218230604.GB12348@kroah.com> References: <1418886676-27036-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> <20141218225553.GC9759@ld-irv-0074> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141218225553.GC9759@ld-irv-0074> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 02:55:53PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote: > The current organization of Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > doesn't clearly differentiate the mutually exclusive options for > submission to the -stable review process. As I understand it, patches > are not actually required to be mailed directly to > stable@vger.kernel.org, but the instructions do not make this clear. > > Also, there are some established processes that are not listed -- > specifically, what I call Option 2 below. > > This patch updates and reorganizes a bit, to make things clearer. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris > --- > v2: add some more items to Option 2 to suit Greg's liking > > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Looks good, I'll queue this up after 3.19-rc1 is out. thanks, greg k-h