From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Schwarz Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:35:11 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] Patch submission process question In-Reply-To: <4E4AA147.2050602@freescale.com> References: <4E4A16D9.9050706@gmail.com> <4E4AA147.2050602@freescale.com> Message-ID: <4E4B7D3F.1010809@gmail.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On 08/16/2011 06:56 PM, Scott Wood wrote: >>> How about a patch that was sent, that at the time didn't depend on >>> another series, but after review and changes, now depends on those >>> changes? >> Then you have to note it in the version history that it now depends on >> another patch - don't forget to also note it in the normal merge message. > > Merge message? If you mean the commit message (above the "---"), why? > It should not be committed before its dependencies. Sorry meant commit message. True - so just note it in the version history and - for convenience - in the cover letter? Regards Simon