Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 May 2015 13:53:33 -0400 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Clarify requirements for patches directed toward stable |
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On Thu, 14 May 2015 00:06:48 +0000 Luke Dashjr <luke@dashjr.org> wrote:
> I misunderstood this section as simply asking me to add an email Cc, and > was unaware of the existence of Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt. > Hopefully this clarification will help save maintainers and new/rare > submitters time in the future.
It's a good change, but I think it's worth going a bit further: you really don't need to email the patch to stable@ at all if the CC line appears in the patch itself. The patch will automatically come to the attention of the right folks once the patch hits the mainline.
jon
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