From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED490C4CEC9 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA99021907 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729355AbfIRIFR (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Sep 2019 04:05:17 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([192.55.52.115]:64243 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726814AbfIRIFR (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Sep 2019 04:05:17 -0400 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Sep 2019 01:05:16 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.64,520,1559545200"; d="scan'208";a="181051701" Received: from jnikula-mobl3.fi.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.237.66.161]) by orsmga008-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 18 Sep 2019 01:05:14 -0700 From: Jani Nikula To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, Shuah Khan , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Bjorn Helgaas , Jiri Kosina , Konstantin Ryabitsev Subject: Re: Kernel development collaboration platform wish list In-Reply-To: <2608348.dCUkSTB59S@kreacher> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo References: <1811089.yxvLMk49Ug@kreacher> <875zlwzbxv.fsf@intel.com> <2608348.dCUkSTB59S@kreacher> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:05:11 +0300 Message-ID: <878sqmxc5k.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: workflows-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 17 Sep 2019, "Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: > Assuming that git is used to generate patches in the first place. > > Some people use different methods, like quilt, however. Well, perhaps it should be a requirement to use git to contribute to upstream kernel. It doesn't prevent you from managing patches with whatever tools you want locally, go wild, but for contributing you'd have to shove them in a git tree. I fully expect this to be shot down as a too radical idea. For the kernel. It's pretty normal everywhere else. Even though git was developed for the kernel. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center