Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded
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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:50:28 -0400
Cc: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
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On Apr 24, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>> 
>>> Apparently Greg's scripts modify the
>>> changelogs respectively when he cherry-picks from linux-2.6.git, so the
>>> requirement is also always fulfilled with this alternative submission path.
> 
> No, it's not a real submission patch, and yes, I always require a git
> commit id in the patch.  If I don't have it, it is explained in the
> patch why it is not in Linus's tree.
> 
> Don't worry, I think the current wording is fine.

Thanks for clarifying, I didn't realize the wording was referring to the cc: stable@ path, where the stable team adds the commit id reference themselves once it's available.   

-- Ted


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