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diff --git a/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst b/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst index be00716071d4..894a920041c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ and posted this: to communicate user requirements to these people is a waste of time. They are much too "intelligent" to listen to lesser mortals. -(http://lwn.net/Articles/131776/). +(https://lwn.net/Articles/131776/). The reality of the situation was different; the kernel developers were far more concerned about system stability, long-term maintenance, and finding @@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ that the kernel developers have added a script to ease the process: This script will return the current maintainer(s) for a given file or directory when given the "-f" option. If passed a patch on the command line, it will list the maintainers who should probably receive -copies of the patch. There are a number of options regulating how hard -get_maintainer.pl will search for maintainers; please be careful about -using the more aggressive options as you may end up including developers -who have no real interest in the code you are modifying. +copies of the patch. This is the preferred way (unlike "-f" option) to get the +list of people to Cc for your patches. There are a number of options +regulating how hard get_maintainer.pl will search for maintainers; please be +careful about using the more aggressive options as you may end up including +developers who have no real interest in the code you are modifying. If all else fails, talking to Andrew Morton can be an effective way to track down a maintainer for a specific piece of code. @@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ a non-disclosure agreement. The Linux Foundation operates an NDA program designed to help with this sort of situation; more information can be found at: - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/NDA_program + https://www.linuxfoundation.org/nda/ This kind of review is often enough to avoid serious problems later on without requiring public disclosure of the project. |