From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/submitting-patches: Document RESEND tag on patches
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:02:21 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmyxsxsy.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210413113834.GE16519@zn.tnic>
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> writes:
> Hi Jon,
>
> here's the next piece of documentation which should be generic enough.
>
> Thx.
>
> ---
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:26:29 +0200
>
> Explain when a submitter should tag a patch or a patch series with the
> "RESEND" tag.
>
> This has been partially carved out from a tip subsystem handbook
> patchset by Thomas Gleixner:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171010.421878737@linutronix.de
>
> and incorporates follow-on comments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> ---
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index ab92d9ccd39a..9284735e0b34 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -346,6 +346,16 @@ that you have sent your patches to the right place. Wait for a minimum of
> one week before resubmitting or pinging reviewers - possibly longer during
> busy times like merge windows.
>
> +It's also ok to resend the patch or the patch series after a couple of
> +weeks with the word "RESEND" added to the subject line::
> +
> + [PATCH Vx RESEND] sub/sys: Condensed patch summary
> +
> +Don't add "RESEND" when you are submitting a modified version of your
> +patch or patch series - "RESEND" only applies to resubmission of a
> +patch or patch series which have not been modified in any way from the
> +previous submission.
> +
Makes sense, applied.
For future installments, could you send them in their own thread as an
ordinary patch so I don't need to edit in the changelog after applying
them?
Thanks,
jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-13 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-17 18:37 [PATCH] Documentation/submitting-patches: Document the SoB chain Borislav Petkov
2020-12-21 16:54 ` Jonathan Corbet
2020-12-22 13:05 ` [PATCH] Documentation/submitting-patches: Add blurb about backtraces in commit messages Borislav Petkov
2020-12-22 18:59 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-12-22 19:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-28 17:59 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-12-28 18:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-12-28 19:02 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-01-04 23:19 ` Jonathan Corbet
2021-01-05 10:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-02 15:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-04 21:20 ` Jonathan Corbet
2021-02-15 14:19 ` [PATCH] Documentation/submitting-patches: Extend commit message layout description Borislav Petkov
2021-02-25 11:40 ` Robert Richter
2021-03-01 22:10 ` Jonathan Corbet
2021-04-13 11:38 ` [PATCH] Documentation/submitting-patches: Document RESEND tag on patches Borislav Petkov
2021-04-13 21:02 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2021-04-15 6:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-05-31 14:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-01 22:27 ` Jonathan Corbet
2021-06-01 22:31 ` Randy Dunlap
2021-06-01 22:37 ` Borislav Petkov
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