linux-kernel - Re: [patch] Documentation/process/howto: Only send regression fixes after -rc1

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Message-ID: <20161128172501.5e3d2245@lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:25:01 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mike Marshall <hubcap@...ibond.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] Documentation/process/howto: Only send regression fixes
 after -rc1

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:43:15 +0300
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:

> The original text was not clear if white space or other harmless patches
> should be merged in -rc kernels.  The discussion at Kernel Summit said
> that we should be more strict about sending regression fixes only.

Applied to the docs tree, thanks.

jon