Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751525AbaLOGNq (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2014 01:13:46 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f48.google.com ([209.85.220.48]:49842 "EHLO mail-pa0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751103AbaLOGN1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Dec 2014 01:13:27 -0500 From: Kevin Cernekee To: tglx@linutronix.de, bp@alien8.de, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: computersforpeace@gmail.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC 3/4] Documentation: Add cutoff periods for patch acceptance Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:09:49 -0800 Message-Id: <1418623790-28429-4-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.1 In-Reply-To: <1418623790-28429-1-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com> References: <1418623790-28429-1-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This has been a recurring source of confusion for the new submitters who I've helped; let's see if adding a small illustration improves the situation. Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee --- Documentation/development-process/5.Posting | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting b/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting index 14f8b01..50cf4dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting +++ b/Documentation/development-process/5.Posting @@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ merge window has closed. You can visit https://www.kernel.org/ to check the merge window status; it is closed if the "mainline:" entry shows a version number containing "-rc", and open if a non-rc version number appears. +In many cases, feature additions received and accepted somewhere in the range +of [N-rc1, N-rc5) will be merged into the -next tree targeting the (N+1) Linux +release. For example: + + kernel.org "mainline:" | Patch may appear + field when posted | in released kernel + ------------------------+-------------------------------- + 3.18-rc[1-4] | 3.19 + 3.18-rc[5-9] | 3.20 + 3.18 | Merge window open - don't post + 3.19-rc[1-4] | 3.20 + 3.19-rc[5-9] | 3.21 + 3.19 | Merge window open - don't post + +Bug fixes can typically be accepted at any time. + 5.2: BEFORE CREATING PATCHES -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/