From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] Documentation: networking: Add blurb about patches in patchwork
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:07:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170829220751.3814-1-f.fainelli@gmail.com> (raw)
Explain that the patch queue in patchwork should not be touched by patch
submitters.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
index 247a30ba8e17..cfc66ea72329 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ A: Generally speaking, the patches get triaged quickly (in less than 48h).
patch is a good way to ensure your patch is ignored or pushed to
the bottom of the priority list.
+Q: I submitted multiple versions of the patch series, should I directly update
+ patchwork for the previous versions of these patch series?
+
+A: No, please don't interfere with the patch status on patchwork, leave it to
+ the maintainer to figure out what is the most recent and current version that
+ should be applied. If there is any doubt, the maintainer will reply and ask
+ what should be done.
+
Q: How can I tell what patches are queued up for backporting to the
various stable releases?
--
2.9.3
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2017-08-29 22:07 Florian Fainelli [this message]
2017-08-29 22:12 ` [PATCH net-next] Documentation: networking: Add blurb about patches in patchwork David Miller
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