From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Hannu Hartikainen <hannu@hrtk.in>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hannu Hartikainen <hannu@hrtk.in>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: clarify the role of LKML
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 14:46:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sg02t94e.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210707133634.286840-1-hannu@hrtk.in>
Hannu Hartikainen <hannu@hrtk.in> writes:
> The documentation previously stated that LKML should be used as *last
> resort*. However, scripts/get_maintainer.pl always suggests it and in a
> discussion about changing that[0] it turned out that LKML should in fact
> receive all patches.
>
> Update documentation to make it clear that all patches should be sent to
> LKML by default, in addition to any subsystem-specific lists.
>
> [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/19a701a8d5837088aa7d8ba594c228c0e040e747.camel@perches.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Hannu Hartikainen <hannu@hrtk.in>
> ---
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
jon
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