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| author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2007-05-09 02:33:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-05-09 12:30:50 -0700 |
| 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 b0d0043f7c4..a417b25fb1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ area or subsystem of the kernel is being patched. The "summary phrase" in the email's Subject should concisely describe the patch which that email contains. The "summary phrase" should not be a filename. Do not use the same "summary -phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series. +phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series (where a "patch +series" is an ordered sequence of multiple, related patches). Bear in mind that the "summary phrase" of your email becomes a globally-unique identifier for that patch. It propagates |