linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Rewrite Documentation/SubmittingPatches.

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Message-ID: <CALbm-EbZg+BtW+BTokA2Xz+P1DSt3-WR+xV5DB_GrieLqR27NA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:20:13 +0200
From:	Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@...glemail.com>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rewrite Documentation/SubmittingPatches.

Heh,
It seems as if googlemail is not a suited interface to contribute to linux.

The raw patch (without clipped lines) can be found at
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=3QKRZz2M

Stefan

2012/7/15 Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>:
> On 07/13/2012 09:45 AM, Stefan Beller wrote:
>> This updates the documentation on how to create patches and send
>> these to the kernel mailing list.
>>
>> The documentation before was written in times before git was there,
>> so the crafting of the patch needed to be done manually by diff -up
>> in the right directory.
>>
>> This patch aims at simplifying the patch sending process, without
>> breaking the output results.
>
> This patch is whitespace damaged (wordwrapped at the @@ lines), which is
> either ironic or unfortunate. (After Alanis Morisette, I can't tell
> anymore.)
>
>> A discussion can be found at
>> https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/ekAxK9achsA
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@...glemail.com>
>> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik jgarzik@...ox.com
>
> But other than that Jeff's objection was my big one, and that's
> addressed in v2, so:
>
> Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
>
> Rob
> --
> GNU/Linux isn't: Linux=GPLv2, GNU=GPLv3+, they can't share code.
> Either it's "mere aggregation", or a license violation.  Pick one.
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