Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751234AbaLPHID (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:08:03 -0500 Received: from purkki.adurom.net ([80.68.90.206]:46933 "EHLO purkki.adurom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750836AbaLPHIB (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:08:01 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1164 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 02:08:00 EST From: Kalle Valo To: Kevin Cernekee Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, bp@alien8.de, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, computersforpeace@gmail.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [RFC 2/4] Documentation/SubmitChecklist: Remind submitters to check the merge window References: <1418623790-28429-1-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com> <1418623790-28429-3-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:48:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1418623790-28429-3-git-send-email-cernekee@gmail.com> (Kevin Cernekee's message of "Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:09:48 -0800") Message-ID: <87iohc2ipq.fsf@purkki.adurom.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kevin Cernekee writes: > +27: For patches which are not urgent fixes for bugs in the current tree, > + double-check https://www.kernel.org/ to make sure the merge window is > + CLOSED ("mainline:" showing an -rc kernel) before sending. For more > + information on the release cycle, see Documentation/development-process/. Maybe the crystal ball should be extended to show if the merge is open or closed? And if it's closed, an estimate when the next merge window starts would be nice ("Merge window is closed, estimate for it to open: 21 days"). http://phb-crystal-ball.org/ I'm sure Johannes would be happy to take patches. -- Kalle Valo -- 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/