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| author | Sami Kerola | 2013-11-10 21:06:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2013-11-12 11:47:56 +0100 |
| commit | 55fb2bc195fa96162ecfbdfd0fa734d55f1a7fd4 (patch) | |
| tree | 48000f4be54253b5027e5cc74835de2d5f8d7229 /Documentation/howto-contribute.txt | |
| parent | chsh, chfn: add info about non-local support to the man pages (diff) | |
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docs: add patching process to howto-contribute.txt
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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diff --git a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt index f0b64ef16..5f4531eb3 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt @@ -88,6 +88,29 @@ Coding style something is not quite right, and you are unwilling to fix the issue. +Patching process + + * Tell in mail list when you are going to work with some particular + piece of code for long time. This helps other to avoid massive + merge conflicts. Small or quick work does not need to be + announced. + + * Submit only changes that you think are ready to merge. If you only + want change review tell your intention clearly in change cover + letter, and/or in each patch subject to review-only. + + * When getting comments align the changes with them. Resubmission + without changes is as good as ignoring advice, and is neither + recommended nor polite. + + * Resubmission can be partial or complete. If only few alterations + are needed here and there resubmit particular patches. When + comments cause greater effect resubmit everything again. + + * All patch submissions, big or small, are either commented, reject, + or merge. When maintainer rejects a patch (series) it is pointless + to resubmit. + Various notes * The util-linux does not use kernel headers for file system super |