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Message-Id: <20070726170857.dbb42674.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:08:57 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: use relevant mailing lists
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Add text on using relevant mailing lists.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- linux-2623-rc1g2.orig/MAINTAINERS
+++ linux-2623-rc1g2/MAINTAINERS
@@ -23,15 +23,18 @@ trivial patch so apply some common sense
4. When you are happy with a change make it generally available for
testing and await feedback.
-5. Make a patch available to the relevant maintainer in the list. Use
- 'diff -u' to make the patch easy to merge. Be prepared to get your
- changes sent back with seemingly silly requests about formatting
- and variable names. These aren't as silly as they seem. One
- job the maintainers (and especially Linus) do is to keep things
+5. Make a patch available to the relevant maintainer(s) and mailing
+ list(s). Use 'diff -u' to make the patch easy to merge. Be prepared
+ to get your changes sent back with seemingly silly requests about
+ formatting and variable names. These aren't as silly as they seem.
+ One job the maintainers (and especially Linus) do is to keep things
looking the same. Sometimes this means that the clever hack in
your driver to get around a problem actually needs to become a
generalized kernel feature ready for next time.
+ Use the relevant mailing list(s) -- don't just send everything to
+ lkml (linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org).
+
PLEASE check your patch with the automated style checker
(scripts/checkpatch.pl) to catch trival style violations.
See Documentation/CodingStyle for guidance here.
-
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