From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11] docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:32:37 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161026223237.0086a7ac@vento.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1477523979-5837-12-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net>
Em Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:19:39 -0600
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> escreveu:
> This is ancient stuff and we don't do things this way anymore. In the
> absence of simply deleting the document, at least add a warning to it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> ---
> Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
> index abd7dc7ae240..87825cf96f33 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
> @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Original by:
> Last update:
> 2016-09-14
>
> +.. note::
> +
> + This document is obsolete. In most cases, rather than using ``patch``
> + manually, you'll almost certainly want to look at using Git instead.
Fair enough.
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
>
> A frequently asked question on the Linux Kernel Mailing List is how to apply
> a patch to the kernel or, more specifically, what base kernel a patch for
Thanks,
Mauro
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-10-27 0:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-26 23:19 [PATCH 00/11] Organize and clean up the admin and process guides Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 01/11] docs: Tweak the top-level Sphinx page Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:12 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 02/11] docs: retitle the kernel-documentation.rst Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:13 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 03/11] docs: Clean up and organize the admin guide a bit Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:18 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 04/11] docs: Get rid of the badRAM guide Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:19 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 05/11] docs: Get rid of the "basic profiling" guide Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:20 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 06/11] docs: Get rid of the "bug-hunting" guide Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:23 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 07/11] docs: Apply some basic organization to the process guide Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:24 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 08/11] docs: Tweak submitting-patches.rst formatting Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:25 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 09/11] docs: Collapse the process guide TOC Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:26 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 10/11] docs: add a warning to submitting-drivers.rst Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:38 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2016-10-26 23:19 ` [PATCH 11/11] docs: Add a warning to applying-patches.rst Jonathan Corbet
2016-10-27 0:32 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
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