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| author | Emil Velikov <[email protected]> | 2016-11-16 11:51:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Emil Velikov <[email protected]> | 2016-11-21 15:08:12 +0000 |
| commit | 07384468afdbf6eb2ce43072452a6a87c261b56a (patch) | |
| tree | 4971c447562ee8ad5f01540a491fa6ca82a4c4c1 /docs | |
| parent | 019f055f32a0c201c769daf9ebbdd76d609866f8 (diff) | |
docs/submittingpatches: flesh out "how to nominate" methods
Currently they are buried within the text, making it hard to find.
Move them to the top and be clear what is _not_ a good idea.
v2: Minor commit polish, use only "resending" as suggested by Matt.
Reviewed-by: Marek Olšák <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Brian Paul <[email protected]>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/submittingpatches.html | 30 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index 77b870a1308..39b615bc9af 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -184,6 +184,24 @@ as the issues are resolved first. <h2 id="nominations">Nominating a commit for a stable branch</h2> <p> +There are three ways to nominate patch for inclusion of the stable branch and +release. +</p> +<ul> +<li> By adding the Cc: mesa-stable@ tag as described below. +<li> Sending the commit ID (as seen in master branch) to the mesa-stable@ mailing list. +<li> Forwarding the patch from the mesa-dev@ mailing list. +</li> +</ul> +<p> +Note: resending patch identical to one on mesa-dev@ or one that differs only +by the extra mesa-stable@ tag is <strong>not</strong> recommended. +</p> + + +<h3 id="thetag">The stable tag</h3> + +<p> If you want a commit to be applied to a stable branch, you should add an appropriate note to the commit message. </p> @@ -207,16 +225,8 @@ exclusively for the older branch. 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 -patches to the mesa-dev@ mailing list. Also, if you realize that a commit -should be nominated for the stable branch after it has already been committed, -you can send a note directly to the [email protected] where -the Mesa stable-branch maintainers will receive it. Be sure to mention the -commit ID of the commit of interest (as it appears in the mesa master branch). - -The latest set of patches that have been nominated, accepted, or rejected for -the upcoming stable release can always be seen on the -<a href="http://cworth.org/~cworth/mesa-stable-queue/">Mesa Stable Queue</a> -page. +patches to the mesa-dev@ mailing list. If you prefer using --suppress-cc that +won't have any effect negative effect on the patch nomination. <h2 id="criteria">Criteria for accepting patches to the stable branch</h2> |