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| From | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | rfc: Updating SubmittingPatches with [RFC PATCH] and/or [WIP PATCH] |
| Date | 2016-09-07 21:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <seR17-44c-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <seMEa-1mo-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <seNAe-1Vy-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <seNTA-25W-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <seR17-44c-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <seR17-44c-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Wed, 2016-09-07 at 17:38 +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > On Wed, 07 Sep 2016, Joe Perches wrote: [] > > And another patch series prefix that could be used > > instead of RFC is WIP. > Certainly sounds reasonable. Is there a difference in the meaning? Request for Comment and Work In Progress differences: Maybe add something like this to Documentation/SubmittingPatches --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 8c79f1d..aa76057 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -404,6 +404,12 @@ convention to prefix your subject line with [PATCH]. This and other kernel developers more easily distinguish patches from other e-mail discussions. +If the patch or patch series is just a proposal to garner comments +use [RFC PATCH] before each patch subject. + +If the patch or patch seriies is incomplete or possibly contains known +defects and you would like others to see the work to date use +[WIP PATCH] before each patch subject. 11) Sign your work
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[PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-09-06 15:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-09-06 15:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-09-06 15:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-09-06 17:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-09-06 18:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-09-07 12:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-09-07 13:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-09-07 14:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-09-07 15:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-09-07 17:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-09-07 18:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2016-09-07 18:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] mfd: ucb1x00: remove NO_IRQ check Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2016-09-07 18:40 +0200
rfc: Updating SubmittingPatches with [RFC PATCH] and/or [WIP PATCH] Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-09-07 21:50 +0200
Re: rfc: Updating SubmittingPatches with [RFC PATCH] and/or [WIP PATCH] Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2016-09-07 23:50 +0200
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