From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762423AbcINTDy (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:03:54 -0400 Received: from tex.lwn.net ([70.33.254.29]:38692 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754527AbcINTDv (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:03:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:03:49 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Joe Perches Cc: Lee Jones , Russell King - ARM Linux , lkml Subject: Re: rfc: Updating SubmittingPatches with [RFC PATCH] and/or [WIP PATCH] Message-ID: <20160914130349.7ee76c3c@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <1473277661.29864.25.camel@perches.com> References: <20160906154530.GW4921@dell> <20160906162807.GA1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <20160907102737.GX4921@dell> <20160907112702.GM1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <20160907124818.GZ4921@dell> <20160907134441.GN1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <20160907150846.GA4921@dell> <20160907160733.GO1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> <20160907162713.GC4921@dell> <1473265954.29864.15.camel@perches.com> <20160907163854.GE4921@dell> <1473277661.29864.25.camel@perches.com> Organization: LWN.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:47:41 -0700 Joe Perches wrote: > +If the patch or patch series is just a proposal to garner comments > +use [RFC PATCH] before each patch subject. > + > +If the patch or patch seriies is incomplete or possibly contains known > +defects and you would like others to see the work to date use > +[WIP PATCH] before each patch subject. It would be good to apply Randy's typo fix here. Also, though, if we're going to do this, it's probably worth mentioning that one should not expect patches marked RFC to be applied, and that some maintainers may not even seriously review them. That seems to surprise people regularly. jon