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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
	corbet@lwn.net, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	f.fainelli@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 03/13] docs: netdev: move the patch marking section up
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:38:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220328103839.602a0d43@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YkCQs2kKE0CIzmC2@lunn.ch>

On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 18:28:35 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > +How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in?
> > +----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > +To help maintainers and CI bots you should explicitly mark which tree
> > +your patch is targeting. Assuming that you use git, use the prefix
> > +flag::
> > +
> > +  git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next' start..finish
> > +
> > +Use ``net`` instead of ``net-next`` (always lower case) in the above for
> > +bug-fix ``net`` content.  If you don't use git, then note the only magic
> > +in the above is just the subject text of the outgoing e-mail, and you
> > +can manually change it yourself with whatever MUA you are comfortable
> > +with.  
> 
> Maybe we should consider removing the 'If you don't use git...' text.
> 
> We want people to use git.
> 
> Anybody who can correctly format a patch and get it passed their MTU
> and mail system without it getting corrupted not using git should be
> able to figure out how to set the subject line correctly.

Sounds good to me.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-28 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-27  2:53 [PATCH net 00/13] docs: update and move the netdev-FAQ Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 01/13] docs: netdev: replace references to old archives Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 02/13] docs: netdev: minor reword Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 03/13] docs: netdev: move the patch marking section up Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:28   ` Andrew Lunn
2022-03-28 17:38     ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 04/13] docs: netdev: turn the net-next closed into a Warning Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:35   ` Andrew Lunn
2022-03-29  8:06   ` Martin Habets
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 05/13] docs: netdev: shorten the name and mention msgid for patch status Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 06/13] docs: netdev: rephrase the 'Under review' question Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 07/13] docs: netdev: rephrase the 'should I update patchwork' question Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 08/13] docs: netdev: add a question about re-posting frequency Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:40   ` Andrew Lunn
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 09/13] docs: netdev: make the testing requirement more stringent Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27 16:42   ` Andrew Lunn
2022-03-28 17:51     ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 10/13] docs: netdev: add missing back ticks Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 11/13] docs: netdev: call out the merge window in tag checking Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:53 ` [PATCH net 12/13] docs: netdev: broaden the new vs old code formatting guidelines Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-27  2:54 ` [PATCH net 13/13] docs: netdev: move the netdev-FAQ to the process pages Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-29  4:38 ` [PATCH net 00/13] docs: update and move the netdev-FAQ Kuniyuki Iwashima
2022-03-29  4:52   ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-03-29  7:22     ` Kuniyuki Iwashima

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