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| author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2007-05-09 05:33:42 -0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-09 15:30:50 -0400 |
| commit | 66effdc6a6a79c11f1c0d607d0de299108d69507 (patch) | |
| tree | 359abb757e01eaae92bc1cd94c908bc4c7807ca7 | |
| parent | 2dfdd266b9a2f2d93a3fdbee89969f6ea9ec5377 (diff) | |
doc: what a patch series is
It seems that we need to clarify that a patch series is a series of related
patches rather than "here are some of my patches as multiple (numbered)
emails."
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index b0d0043f7c46..a417b25fb1aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |||
| @@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ area or subsystem of the kernel is being patched. | |||
| 363 | The "summary phrase" in the email's Subject should concisely | 363 | The "summary phrase" in the email's Subject should concisely |
| 364 | describe the patch which that email contains. The "summary | 364 | describe the patch which that email contains. The "summary |
| 365 | phrase" should not be a filename. Do not use the same "summary | 365 | phrase" should not be a filename. Do not use the same "summary |
| 366 | phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series. | 366 | phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series (where a "patch |
| 367 | series" is an ordered sequence of multiple, related patches). | ||
| 367 | 368 | ||
| 368 | Bear in mind that the "summary phrase" of your email becomes | 369 | Bear in mind that the "summary phrase" of your email becomes |
| 369 | a globally-unique identifier for that patch. It propagates | 370 | a globally-unique identifier for that patch. It propagates |