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author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2010-05-23 20:02:30 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-24 10:30:55 -0400 |
commit | ef0eba477eeb424db97a162eb3a8c887b9c619df (patch) | |
tree | 6bfb0f3b7d835406df5bb27f11b03ed00f546472 /Documentation/development-process/2.Process | |
parent | 0af76d950e69725dec55dc9735a37f9f9116f07f (diff) |
Documentation/development-process: add maintainers and git info
Add info on maintainers and persistent posting.
Update git home page.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/development-process/2.Process')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index d750321acd5a..11682b120e8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process | |||
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ The stages that a patch goes through are, generally: | |||
151 | well. | 151 | well. |
152 | 152 | ||
153 | - Wider review. When the patch is getting close to ready for mainline | 153 | - Wider review. When the patch is getting close to ready for mainline |
154 | inclusion, it will be accepted by a relevant subsystem maintainer - | 154 | inclusion, it should be accepted by a relevant subsystem maintainer - |
155 | though this acceptance is not a guarantee that the patch will make it | 155 | though this acceptance is not a guarantee that the patch will make it |
156 | all the way to the mainline. The patch will show up in the maintainer's | 156 | all the way to the mainline. The patch will show up in the maintainer's |
157 | subsystem tree and into the staging trees (described below). When the | 157 | subsystem tree and into the staging trees (described below). When the |
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ The stages that a patch goes through are, generally: | |||
159 | the discovery of any problems resulting from the integration of this | 159 | the discovery of any problems resulting from the integration of this |
160 | patch with work being done by others. | 160 | patch with work being done by others. |
161 | 161 | ||
162 | - Please note that most maintainers also have day jobs, so merging | ||
163 | your patch may not be their highest priority. If your patch is | ||
164 | getting feedback about changes that are needed, you should either | ||
165 | make those changes or justify why they should not be made. If your | ||
166 | patch has no review complaints but is not being merged by its | ||
167 | appropriate subsystem or driver maintainer, you should be persistent | ||
168 | in updating the patch to the current kernel so that it applies cleanly | ||
169 | and keep sending it for review and merging. | ||
170 | |||
162 | - Merging into the mainline. Eventually, a successful patch will be | 171 | - Merging into the mainline. Eventually, a successful patch will be |
163 | merged into the mainline repository managed by Linus Torvalds. More | 172 | merged into the mainline repository managed by Linus Torvalds. More |
164 | comments and/or problems may surface at this time; it is important that | 173 | comments and/or problems may surface at this time; it is important that |
@@ -319,9 +328,9 @@ developers; even if they do not use it for their own work, they'll need git | |||
319 | to keep up with what other developers (and the mainline) are doing. | 328 | to keep up with what other developers (and the mainline) are doing. |
320 | 329 | ||
321 | Git is now packaged by almost all Linux distributions. There is a home | 330 | Git is now packaged by almost all Linux distributions. There is a home |
322 | page at | 331 | page at: |
323 | 332 | ||
324 | http://git.or.cz/ | 333 | http://git-scm.com/ |
325 | 334 | ||
326 | That page has pointers to documentation and tutorials. One should be | 335 | That page has pointers to documentation and tutorials. One should be |
327 | aware, in particular, of the Kernel Hacker's Guide to git, which has | 336 | aware, in particular, of the Kernel Hacker's Guide to git, which has |