linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: improve the base commit explanation

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Message-ID: <87cyvvytee.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:53:45 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: improve the base commit
 explanation

Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> writes:

> From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>
>
> After receiving a second patchset this week without knowing which tree
> it applies on and trying to apply it on the obvious ones and failing,
> make sure the base tree information which needs to be supplied in the
> 0th message of the patchset is spelled out more explicitly.
>
> Also, make the formulations stronger as this really is a requirement and
> not only a useful thing anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 15 +++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon