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From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: describe how to apply incremental stable
 patches
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Date:   Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:29:28 -0700
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Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> writes:

> The applying patches document
> (Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst) mentions incremental stable
> patches, but there is no example of how to apply them. Describe the
> process.
>
> While at it, remove note about incremental patches and move the external
> link of 5.x.y incremental patches to "Where can I download patches?"
> section.
>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I've applied this, thanks.  I do have to wonder, though, how useful this
information is anymore.  Does anybody actually apply kernel-patch files
this far into the Git era?

Thanks,

jon