Re: [PATCH] doc: remove confusing command to send patch

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 18:26:35 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:

> In the contributor guide, it was said that no need to Cc maintainers
> for new additions, probably for new directories not having a maintainer.
> There is no harm, and it is a good habit, to always Cc maintainers.
> 
> Remove this case as it can mislead to not Cc maintainers when needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> ---
>  doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> index e286d9e6d5..d114ceba2b 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> @@ -561,10 +561,6 @@ Script ``get-maintainer.sh`` can be used to select maintainers automatically::
>  
>    git send-email --to-cmd ./devtools/get-maintainer.sh --cc dev@dpdk.org 000*.patch
>  
> -New additions can be sent without a maintainer::
> -
> -   git send-email --to dev@dpdk.org 000*.patch
> -
>  You can test the emails by sending it to yourself or with the ``--dry-run`` option.
>  
>  If the patch is in relation to a previous email thread you can add it to the same thread using the Message ID::

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>