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authorEmil Velikov <[email protected]>2017-02-13 19:23:40 +0000
committerEmil Velikov <[email protected]>2017-02-20 18:21:22 +0000
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parentf9cdfa33c2e01324deba2bf4a5687e7231243d59 (diff)
docs/submittingpatches.html: remove version tag for nominations
The version tag used to nominate has bitten even experienced mesa developers. Not to mention that it deviates from the one used in the kernel leading to further confusion. Simplify things and omit it all together. Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Nicolai Hähnle <[email protected]>
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@@ -233,17 +233,11 @@ Here are some examples of such a note:
</p>
<ul>
<li>CC: &lt;[email protected]&gt;</li>
- <li>CC: "9.2 10.0" &lt;[email protected]&gt;</li>
- <li>CC: "10.0" &lt;[email protected]&gt;</li>
</ul>
Simply adding the CC to the mesa-stable list address is adequate to nominate
-the commit for the most-recently-created stable branch. It is only necessary
-to specify a specific branch name, (such as "9.2 10.0" or "10.0" in the
-examples above), if you want to nominate the commit for an older stable
-branch. And, as in these examples, you can nominate the commit for the older
-branch in addition to the more recent branch, or nominate the commit
-exclusively for the older branch.
+the commit for all the active stable branches. If the commit is not applicable
+for said branch the stable-release manager will reply stating so.
This "CC" syntax for patch nomination will cause patches to automatically be
copied to the mesa-stable@ mailing list when you use "git send-email" to send