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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:37:10 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Deliberately sending partial patch sets?
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On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:20:45PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Let's say that there is a contributor who wish to send a patch set (e.g.
> 20-30 patches in the series) to LKML. But instead of sending the full
> series, he either do one of the following:
> 
> * Send only the cover letter (analogous to movie trailers)
> * Send only a few arbitrary patches in a series that are most important
>   (e.g. patch [01,04,11,18,23/30]) (analogous to match highlights)
> * Send only the first few patches in a series (i.e. subject of one of
>   patches says [09/30]) (analogous to sample book chapters)
> 
> The rest of patches are behind closed doors (i.e. not sent), possibly
> behind charm-priced (pay)walls.
> 
> Is the submission like above acceptable (when in review)?

No, kernel development is done in public.