Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751450AbaLRT2f (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:28:35 -0500 Received: from mezzanine.sirena.org.uk ([106.187.55.193]:35887 "EHLO mezzanine.sirena.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751107AbaLRT2e (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:28:34 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:28:16 +0000 From: Mark Brown To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: LKML , Corey Minyard Message-ID: <20141218192816.GC11764@sirena.org.uk> References: <20141215105251.16913f8c@lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3bVmXubYHmwTS0KQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141215105251.16913f8c@lwn.net> X-Cookie: I don't get no respect. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 94.175.94.161 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: broonie@sirena.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Docs: Modernize SubmittingPatches X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:24:06 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mezzanine.sirena.org.uk) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --3bVmXubYHmwTS0KQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:52:51AM -0500, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > +15) Sending "git pull" requests > +------------------------------- > +If you have a series of patches, it may be most convenient to have the > +maintainer pull them directly into the subsystem repository with a > +"git pull" operation. Note, however, that pulling patches from a developer > +requires a higher degree of trust than taking patches from a mailing list. > +As a result, many subsystem maintainers are reluctant to take pull > +requests, especially from new, unknown developers. Probably worth adding something like "If in doubt you can use the pull request as the cover letter for a normal posting of the patch series, giving the maintainer the option of using either or both" - that way even if someone guesses wrong about the pull request being appropriate things will most likely be OK anyway. --3bVmXubYHmwTS0KQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUkyrPAAoJECTWi3JdVIfQG5gH/AutWNTFzROkHi3dArUJZlDk dx+C+onDwji0d7o8KFCTJUl2fziuI5YkSFary9V3tturLu9AEzZyXz2LzSras1nY 1rNKjKyTFoZakvBft7Mu9hQCW1Z5cBKW5RTs9JYVsPgHaM9gJpb6HekLpNvrWX9K 2omKF8gFt4UZ1ppbqJpWjaCzsT1npycLzKl4NpXrX71fJW8oVWZN6P2KUE6LzURJ BOUNsA15038hgZI3gw+kFnyjQfFM1dNpEfE1TDGV5k8tZUoJ/QHM4UySD5TVz5y3 b2HxBEjNqpqpAJBPFC8/iyWE476DO/AFL4tfK/o3WO6DqbIfGuMkPdadJqU0gmE= =gi+d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3bVmXubYHmwTS0KQ-- -- 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/