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| author | Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> | 2023-04-13 18:55:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2023-04-20 17:53:38 -0600 |
| commit | c0d747a5b226f36cebdce6da3a3c54ba5a301455 (patch) | |
| tree | 519f53138823891318e09d0c5de133b39336be30 /Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | |
| parent | a110f8eb6a56d2796f59f6ced9b79d55bfd56839 (diff) | |
Documentation/process: always CC responsible lists
The "Select the recipients for your patch" part about CC-ing mailing
lists is a bit vague and might be understood that only some lists should
be Cc-ed. That's not what most of the maintainers expect. For given
code, associated mailing list must always be CC-ed, because the list is
used for reviewing and testing patches. Example are the Devicetree
bindings patches, which are tested iff Devicetree mailing list is CC-ed.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230413165501.47442-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 69ce64e03c70..b7e345b93081 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -223,20 +223,17 @@ patch. Select the recipients for your patch ------------------------------------ -You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) on any patch -to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the -source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The -script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to -your patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a +You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) and list(s) on +any patch to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the +source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The script +scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to your +patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton (akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort. -You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy -of your patch set. linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default -for all patches, but the volume on that list has caused a number of -developers to tune it out. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a -subsystem-specific list; your patch will probably get more attention there. -Please do not spam unrelated lists, though. +linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default for all patches, but the +volume on that list has caused a number of developers to tune it out. Please +do not spam unrelated lists and unrelated people, though. Many kernel-related lists are hosted on vger.kernel.org; you can find a list of them at http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html. There are |