linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/18] use semicolons rather than commas to separate statements

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Message-ID: <20201003191501.o56tqq63d2buq5ox@chatter.i7.local>
Date:   Sat, 3 Oct 2020 15:15:01 -0400
From:   Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, tools@...ux.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com,
        openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] use semicolons rather than commas to separate
 statements

On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 11:40:48AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> (Adding tools and Konstantin Ryabitsev)
> 
> There seems to be some mismatch between b4's use of the
> cover letter to a patch series and what maintainers that
> apply a subset of the patches in the patch series.
> 
> The merge description shows the entire patch series as
> applied, but the actual merge is only a subset of the
> series.
> 
> Can this be improved in b4?

So, the following logic should be applied:

- if the entire series was applied, reply to 0/n
- if a subset only is applied, reply to each n/n of the patch that was 
  cherry-picked out of the series

Is that an accurate summary?

-K