Re: [RFQ] Rules for accepting patches into the linux-releases tree

Shawn Starr
2005-03-05T06:06:48Z

How does this fit into Rusty's trivial patch bot? This process will fold that
into a formal method now?

Shawn.

> List: linux-kernel
> Subject: [RFQ] Rules for accepting patches into the linux-releases tree
> From: Greg KH <greg () kroah ! com>
> Date: 2005-03-04 22:21:46
> Message-ID: <20050304222146.GA1686 () kroah ! com>
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> Anything else anyone can think of? Any objections to any of these?
> I based them off of Linus's original list.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
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> Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and what ones are not, into
> the "linux-release" tree.
>
> - It can not bigger than 100 lines, with context.
> - It must fix only one thing.
> - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a
> problem..." type thing.)
> - It must fix a problem that causes a build error (but not for things
> marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, or a real security issue.
> - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how
> the race can be exploited.
> - It can not contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
> whitespace cleanups, etc.)