[KJ] [faq patch] mail per subsystem

[KJ] [faq patch] mail per subsystem

[Domen Puncer]

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Hi!

nacc noted on irc, that this is not in faq, but probably should be.
Here's a compact version I came up with:

Comments? Better wordings?

--- faq-old	2005-06-29 14:22:28.000000000 +0200
+++ faq-new	2005-07-07 11:29:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 A: Mailing list: kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org
    If you feel confident enough, you can CC: someone from MAINTAINERS too.
 
+Q: I have lots of patches that do the same thing. Can I just send them in
+   one mail?
+A: No, but neither send them in lots of small mails. Try splitting them per
+   subsystem (drivers/net/, fs/ext3/...).
+
 Q: Where can I find janitors?
 A: On our mailing list and #kerneljanitor at irc.oftc.net
 

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Re: [KJ] [faq patch] mail per subsystem

[Nishanth Aravamudan]

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On 07.07.2005 [11:33:32 +0200], Domen Puncer wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> nacc noted on irc, that this is not in faq, but probably should be.
> Here's a compact version I came up with:
> 
> Comments? Better wordings?

Patch makes sense; here's one with one grammatical fix & a link to the
conversation with David Miller on LKML.

Thanks,
Nish

Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>

--- faq	2005-07-10 22:34:38.000000000 -0700
+++ faq.dev	2005-07-10 22:34:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ Q: Where should I send patches to?
 A: Mailing list: kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org
    If you feel confident enough, you can CC: someone from MAINTAINERS too.
 
+Q: I have lots of patches that do the same thing. Can I just send them in
+   one mail?
+A: No, but don't send them in lots of small mails either. Try splitting
+   them up per subsystem (drivers/net/, fs/ext3/...). See here:
+   http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112105809816217&w=2
+   for details.
+
 Q: Where can I find janitors?
 A: On our mailing list and #kerneljanitor at irc.oftc.net
 

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