Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964826AbWALCWq (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:22:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932678AbWALCWq (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:22:46 -0500 Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net ([68.230.241.27]:49551 "EHLO fed1rmmtao12.cox.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932483AbWALCWp (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:22:45 -0500 From: Junio C Hamano To: "Sean" Subject: Re: Revised [PATCH] Documentation: Update to SubmittingPatches References: <20060111005721.GA29663@stusta.de> cc: "Adrian Bunk" , "Ian McDonald" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , trivial@kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" , "Linus Torvalds" Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:22:43 -0800 In-Reply-To: (seanlkml@sympatico.ca's message of "Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:38:23 -0500 (EST)") Message-ID: <7vu0cagp70.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1099 Lines: 27 "Sean" writes: >> The average patch submitter does _not_ use git in any way - and there's >> no reason why he should. > > Git is an efficient and convenient way to track the mainline kernel. The > number of submitters using it is significant enough to mention it as an > option for creating patches. I agree with Adrian on this point. The kernel-list patch reviewing process only depends on "diff -pu" format, and git obviously gives its users an easy way to generate such, but so would other tools. The number of patches on the kernel list that are coming from git does not really matter, but even if it did, they seem to be a very small minority. This is SubmittingPatches document that is being discussed, not LinusPleasePull document. The latter would naturally _require_ the developer to use git, but not the former. - 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/