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| author | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2010-10-12 15:09:06 +0200 |
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| committer | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2010-10-12 15:09:06 +0200 |
| commit | 239060b93bb30a4ad55f1ecaa512464a035cc5ba (patch) | |
| tree | 77f79810e57d4fc24356eca0cd6db463e8994128 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | 1408b15b98635a13bad2e2a50b3c2ae2ccdf625b (diff) | |
| parent | e9203c988234aa512bd45ca32b52e21c7bbfc414 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'kbuild/rc-fixes' into kbuild/kconfig
We need to revert the temporary hack in 71ebc01, hence the merge.
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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 72651f7..689e237 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ system, git, as a "commit log". See #15, below. If your description starts to get long, that's a sign that you probably need to split up your patch. See #3, next. +When you submit or resubmit a patch or patch series, include the +complete patch description and justification for it. Don't just +say that this is version N of the patch (series). Don't expect the +patch merger to refer back to earlier patch versions or referenced +URLs to find the patch description and put that into the patch. +I.e., the patch (series) and its description should be self-contained. +This benefits both the patch merger(s) and reviewers. Some reviewers +probably didn't even receive earlier versions of the patch. + +If the patch fixes a logged bug entry, refer to that bug entry by +number and URL. 3) Separate your changes. |
