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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2010-05-23 20:02:30 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-24 10:30:55 -0400
commitef0eba477eeb424db97a162eb3a8c887b9c619df (patch)
tree6bfb0f3b7d835406df5bb27f11b03ed00f546472 /Documentation/development-process/2.Process
parent0af76d950e69725dec55dc9735a37f9f9116f07f (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>
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@@ -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
319to keep up with what other developers (and the mainline) are doing. 328to keep up with what other developers (and the mainline) are doing.
320 329
321Git is now packaged by almost all Linux distributions. There is a home 330Git is now packaged by almost all Linux distributions. There is a home
322page at 331page at:
323 332
324 http://git.or.cz/ 333 http://git-scm.com/
325 334
326That page has pointers to documentation and tutorials. One should be 335That page has pointers to documentation and tutorials. One should be
327aware, in particular, of the Kernel Hacker's Guide to git, which has 336aware, in particular, of the Kernel Hacker's Guide to git, which has