linux-kernel - Re: Deliberately sending partial patch sets?

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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:59:47 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: Deliberately sending partial patch sets?

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 08:37:10PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:20:45PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Let's say that there is a contributor who wish to send a patch set (e.g.
> > 20-30 patches in the series) to LKML. But instead of sending the full
> > series, he either do one of the following:
> > 
> > * Send only the cover letter (analogous to movie trailers)
> > * Send only a few arbitrary patches in a series that are most important
> >   (e.g. patch [01,04,11,18,23/30]) (analogous to match highlights)
> > * Send only the first few patches in a series (i.e. subject of one of
> >   patches says [09/30]) (analogous to sample book chapters)
> > 
> > The rest of patches are behind closed doors (i.e. not sent), possibly
> > behind charm-priced (pay)walls.
> > 
> > Is the submission like above acceptable (when in review)?
> 
> No, kernel development is done in public.

That is, the submitter must send the full series, right? Why not partial
like above?

Confused...

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