From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:38:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZA9flqMBSlW95S/i@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZA9eHzE5vhnXh+TA@linux.dev>
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 05:32:29PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 09:25:54AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 09:37:45AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 05:03:36PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > > > +As a general guideline, use ``kvm-x86/next`` even if a patch/series touches
> > > > > +multiple architectures, i.e. isn't strictly scoped to x86. Using any of the
> > > > > +branches from the main KVM tree is usually a less good option as they likely
> > > > > +won't have many, if any, changes for the next release, i.e. using the main KVM
> > > > > +tree as a base is more likely to yield conflicts. And if there are non-trivial
> > > > > +conflicts with multiple architectures, coordination between maintainers will be
> > > > > +required no matter what base is used. Note, this is far from a hard rule, i.e.
> > > > > +use a different base for multi-arch series if that makes the most sense.
> > >
> > > I don't think this is the best way to coordinate with other architectures.
> > > Regardless of whether you intended this to be prescriptive, I'm worried most
> > > folks will follow along and just base patches on kvm-x86/next anyway.
> >
> > Probably, but for the target audience (KVM x86 contributors), that's likely the
> > least awful base 99% of the time.
>
> Sorry, I follow this reasoning at all.
I *don't* follow ...
--
Thanks,
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-13 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-09 1:03 [PATCH v2 0/2] Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86 Sean Christopherson
2023-03-09 1:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Documentation/process: Add a label for the tip tree handbook's coding style Sean Christopherson
2023-03-09 1:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86 Sean Christopherson
2023-03-09 2:37 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2023-03-09 8:19 ` Oliver Upton
2023-03-09 17:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2023-03-13 17:32 ` Oliver Upton
2023-03-13 17:38 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2023-03-13 18:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2023-03-13 18:38 ` Oliver Upton
2023-03-13 18:56 ` Sean Christopherson
2023-03-09 17:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2023-03-10 9:09 ` Robert Hoo
2023-03-10 15:51 ` Sean Christopherson
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