linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull powerpc/linux.git powerpc-4.8-4 tag

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Message-ID: <1472508517.2388.9.camel@kernel.crashing.org>
Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:08:37 +1000
From:   Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc dev list <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull powerpc/linux.git powerpc-4.8-4 tag

On Mon, 2016-08-29 at 12:15 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 9:44 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > <benh@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > This is my first signed-tag and use of 2fa so I hope I got it all right...
> > I tried to use the same format Michael uses for the tag etc...
> 
> The signature all looks fine, but when the contents of the tag are
> just the same git information that you can get from git itself, it's
> not useful as a merge message. So I prefer the actual high-level "what
> changed" message instead:
> 
> > 
> > We have some misc fixes for powerpc 4.8. Some trivial bits and some
> > regressions, and a trivial cleanup or two that I saw no point in letting
> > rot in patchwork.
> 
> .. although optimally with a *bit* more detail.
> 
> Anyway, pulled.

Ok. Will fix that next time.

Cheers,
Ben.