Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:17:40 +0200 | From | "Jesper Juhl" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: use relevant mailing lists |
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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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