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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:02:31 -0700 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> To: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> Cc: tytso@....edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 11:30:16AM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > Stefan Richter wrote: > > tytso@....edu wrote: > >> I find the upstream commit ID to be highly useful when looking at > >> commits in the stable tree. So it would be nice IMHO if we could > >> enforce this requirement regardless of whether the submission path is > >> via e-mail or git. > ... > > Apparently Greg's scripts modify the > > changelogs respectively when he cherry-picks from linux-2.6.git, so the > > requirement is also always fulfilled with this alternative submission path. > > Or do you mean submission directly from a developer's git tree to stable > via git pull by Greg? Is this been done? If yes, I suppose this comes > only from people who know very well how a stable patch is meant to look > like. Nevertheless I could send another adjustment for > Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt if this is another actual > submission path. No, it's not a real submission patch, and yes, I always require a git commit id in the patch. If I don't have it, it is explained in the patch why it is not in Linus's tree. Don't worry, I think the current wording is fine. thanks, greg k-h -- 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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