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* What is the meaning of [PATCH v3 0/3] things in mail subject
@ 2018-01-22 14:36 wuzhouhui
  2018-01-22 15:01 ` Hubert CHAUMETTE
  2018-01-22 15:14 ` Drew
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From: wuzhouhui @ 2018-01-22 14:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-newbie

In linux kernel mail list, I often see such string in mail subject:
    [PATCH V3 3/3]
or
    [PATCH 0/8]

What's meaning of "V3", "3/3" and "0/8"?

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* Re: What is the meaning of [PATCH v3 0/3] things in mail subject
  2018-01-22 14:36 What is the meaning of [PATCH v3 0/3] things in mail subject wuzhouhui
@ 2018-01-22 15:01 ` Hubert CHAUMETTE
  2018-01-22 15:14 ` Drew
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From: Hubert CHAUMETTE @ 2018-01-22 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: wuzhouhui; +Cc: linux-newbie, linux-newbie-owner

Le 22/01/2018 15:36, wuzhouhui a écrit :
> In linux kernel mail list, I often see such string in mail subject:
>     [PATCH V3 3/3]
> or
>     [PATCH 0/8]
> 
> What's meaning of "V3", "3/3" and "0/8"?

Hi Wuzhouhui,

The 0/8 is the number of the patch in a series (0 for the patch that 
explains the whole series, in a series of 8 patches).
V3 is the version of the series, when it is not accepted as-is and needs 
rework according to the feedback gathered.
Regards,

Hubert Chaumette
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* Re: What is the meaning of [PATCH v3 0/3] things in mail subject
  2018-01-22 14:36 What is the meaning of [PATCH v3 0/3] things in mail subject wuzhouhui
  2018-01-22 15:01 ` Hubert CHAUMETTE
@ 2018-01-22 15:14 ` Drew
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From: Drew @ 2018-01-22 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: wuzhouhui; +Cc: linux-newbie

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 6:36 AM, wuzhouhui <wuzhouhui14@mails.ucas.ac.cn> wrote:
> In linux kernel mail list, I often see such string in mail subject:
>     [PATCH V3 3/3]
> or
>     [PATCH 0/8]
>
> What's meaning of "V3", "3/3" and "0/8"?

As I understand it, the 0/8, 2/3, 3/5, 4/4 indicate the patch in the
message is part of a sequence of related patches. So 3/5 means that is
patch three of six related patches (patch 0 is usually the patch that
contains the details about what the patches do) that belong together.

The V1, V2, V3 etc usually indicates the patch set is a revision,
often times due to some part of the patch being either rejected, or in
the case of experimental patches, an updated patch set that supersedes
and earlier one.


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Drew

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