Re: [RFC 2/4] Documentation/SubmitChecklist: Remind submitters to check the merge window

Borislav Petkov
2014-12-15T10:18:02Z

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:09:48PM -0800, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
> Currently the checklist does not provide an indication of appropriate
> times to send patches; add a brief note on the topic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
> index 2b7e32d..8b23f9c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
> +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
> @@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ kernel patches.
> CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
> CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
> CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)
> +
> +27: For patches which are not urgent fixes for bugs in the current tree,
> + double-check https://www.kernel.org/ to make sure the merge window is
> + CLOSED ("mainline:" showing an -rc kernel) before sending. For more
> + information on the release cycle, see Documentation/development-process/.

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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