linux-kernel - Re: Best way to send several patches

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinHYXv_S+p-0iO1_caoXxp5-KmgwP5q81KGWWoV@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Aug 2010 00:25:02 +0200
From:	Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@...too.org>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Best way to send several patches

2010/8/6 Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>:
>  > The question is, should I just send them all to this mailinglist
>  > (Section 3 of Documentation/SubmittingPatches - the one with the patch
>  > bomb - suggest that this is a bad idea), or how should I do it? (I
>  > have only submitted a single patch before, so I didn't have to worry
>  > about that back then).
>
> I would suggest sending a small batch of patches (say, four or five at
> most) and see how that goes.  That way, in case you make some mistake in
> formatting or something, you don't have to send another huge pile when
> you resend.
>
> Once your initial batch is accepted and you have the hang of submitting
> patches, then you can submit bigger batches.  But I would recommend
> having each batch have a common theme.  For example there was the recent
> series of 42 fixes for confusing if indentation -- a big batch of fixes
> for the same problem in different places, which is exactly the right way
> to do things.

Thanks, I'll do that.
But I'll wait until rc1 is out as suggested :-)

>  - Roland
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