Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:33:39 +0200 | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: Patch Question. |
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On 9/22/05, Randy.Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:01:31 -0600 Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a couple of questions about sending patches. I did read the > > SubmittingPatches Doc but don't recall this. > > > > Can anyone send a patch to LKML to be applied? > > Anyone can send a patch. Whether it gets applied depends on > several factors. > > > How long does it normally take for a patch to be merged? > > Depends on who you ask to merge it. Andrew put patches into > the -mm patchset within minutes sometimes, depending on how > busy he is, what else he is doing, etc. > > But it varies quite a bit by driver or subsystem maintainer. > Also depends on the content of the patch. If it is tricky to read/non obvious etc it will usually draw some comments before being merged. Some patches get missed/overlooked completely - in that case it's up to you to make sure it gets resend after a while (if it draws no comments and doesn't get merged, then resending it after the next majoe, -rc or -mm release, updated to apply to that release, is usually good). I've personally sent patches that got merged by someone within a few minutes, but I've also seen patches suddenly get merged that I had completely forgotten about that some maintainer just picked up from the list weeks after I had sent it.
> > If a patch is not merged and I get no Replys, what should one do? > > Send it to the correct maintainer (driver or subsystem usually). > If you can't find a correct maintainer, then send it to Andrew > (akpm@osdl.org). Maybe put "[RFC]" in the Subject: line to > get (more) comments on it. > Resend the patch and check your To: and Cc: lists. Read the MAINTAINERS file to find out who to send it to, as well as comments in the top of the source file. Adding linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org to Cc: in any case, in addition to other recipients, is usually a good thing as well.
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