Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934129Ab0HEWax (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:30:53 -0400 Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:55154 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934578Ab0HEWZD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:25:03 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=TDsWFZO6OVHO18XzeFu2swim0dK9TI+43s5d2TpsSFACgmU/rKa2EiUBKUb9zhyYKo Src037pXeXi9mdD5pQq7f2Rp1p4pMtn7mUD5T0/jmtGr0wi5xInB1Gr5eh4DzGcH2hEF h/aKb/g0BrDr/dDnXRdq440npWdDvLNiUKRlQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 00:25:02 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Wn0HI2_-bzpRPrkVwA2s99ncCmE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Best way to send several patches From: Bjarke Istrup Pedersen To: Roland Dreier Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1725 Lines: 37 2010/8/6 Roland Dreier : > ?> The question is, should I just send them all to this mailinglist > ?> (Section 3 of Documentation/SubmittingPatches - the one with the patch > ?> bomb - suggest that this is a bad idea), or how should I do it? (I > ?> have only submitted a single patch before, so I didn't have to worry > ?> about that back then). > > I would suggest sending a small batch of patches (say, four or five at > most) and see how that goes. ?That way, in case you make some mistake in > formatting or something, you don't have to send another huge pile when > you resend. > > Once your initial batch is accepted and you have the hang of submitting > patches, then you can submit bigger batches. ?But I would recommend > having each batch have a common theme. ?For example there was the recent > series of 42 fixes for confusing if indentation -- a big batch of fixes > for the same problem in different places, which is exactly the right way > to do things. Thanks, I'll do that. But I'll wait until rc1 is out as suggested :-) > ?- Roland > -- > Roland Dreier || For corporate legal information go to: > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html > -- > 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/ > -- 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/