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From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 22:12:28 +0200 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > PR should be based on Linus's -rcX tag and shouldn't include only this patchset.  
> > 
> > FWIW I don't understand what you mean by this comment.
> > PR should be based on a common ancestor, the -rc tags 
> > are just a convenient shorthand.  
> 
> Linus asked for more than once to use sensible ancestor which is -rc.

I mean.. as I said using -rc tags makes sanity checking the PRs easier,
so definitely encouraged.

I was asking more about the second part of your sentence, what do you
mean by "shouldn't include only this patchset" ?