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SubjectRe: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: use relevant mailing lists
On 27/07/07, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>
> Add text on using relevant mailing lists.
>

I'd add a little bit to that - see below

> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 13 ++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> --- linux-2623-rc1g2.orig/MAINTAINERS
> +++ linux-2623-rc1g2/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -23,15 +23,18 @@ trivial patch so apply some common sense
> 4. When you are happy with a change make it generally available for
> testing and await feedback.
>
> -5. Make a patch available to the relevant maintainer in the list. Use
> - 'diff -u' to make the patch easy to merge. Be prepared to get your
> - changes sent back with seemingly silly requests about formatting
> - and variable names. These aren't as silly as they seem. One
> - job the maintainers (and especially Linus) do is to keep things
> +5. Make a patch available to the relevant maintainer(s) and mailing
> + list(s). Use 'diff -u' to make the patch easy to merge. Be prepared
> + to get your changes sent back with seemingly silly requests about
> + formatting and variable names. These aren't as silly as they seem.
> + One job the maintainers (and especially Linus) do is to keep things
> looking the same. Sometimes this means that the clever hack in
> your driver to get around a problem actually needs to become a
> generalized kernel feature ready for next time.
>
> + Use the relevant mailing list(s) -- don't just send everything to
> + lkml (linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org).

+ Always including lkml in addition to more specific lists is usually OK.

> +
> PLEASE check your patch with the automated style checker
> (scripts/checkpatch.pl) to catch trival style violations.
> See Documentation/CodingStyle for guidance here.



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