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Message-ID: <20060831121356.GU3923@elf.ucw.cz> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:13:56 +0200 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: SubmittingPatches cleanups This cleans up SubmittingPatches a bit. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 2cd7f02..9398fc2 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -173,15 +173,15 @@ For small patches you may want to CC the trivial@...nel.org managed by Adrian Bunk; which collects "trivial" patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules: Spelling fixes in documentation - Spelling fixes which could break grep(1). + Spelling fixes which could break grep(1) Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad) Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct) Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things) - Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region). + Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region) Contact detail and documentation fixes Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific, since people copy, as long as it's trivial) - Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey + Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file (ie. patch monkey in re-transmission mode) URL: <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/> @@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ updated change. It is quite common for Linus to "drop" your patch without comment. That's the nature of the system. If he drops your patch, it could be due to -* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version +* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version. * Your patch was not sufficiently discussed on linux-kernel. -* A style issue (see section 2), -* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section) -* A technical problem with your change -* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle -* You are being annoying (See Figure 1) +* A style issue (see section 2). +* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section). +* A technical problem with your change. +* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle. +* You are being annoying. When in doubt, solicit comments on linux-kernel mailing list. @@ -474,10 +474,10 @@ SECTION 3 - REFERENCES Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp). <http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt> -Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format." +Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format". <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html> -Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer". +Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer". <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/> <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/> <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> @@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a ke NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org people! <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2> -Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle +Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle: <http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle> -Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format: +Linus Torvalds's mail on the canonical patch format: <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> -- -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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