On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 02:34:41PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > >> Konstantin, > >> > >> Can you add a rule in b4 to exclude stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> (stable@xxxxxxxxxx as well?) from getting the whole patchset? > > > > stable@xxxxxxxxxx is a pipe to /dev/null so that's not needed to be > > messed with. > > > > As for this needing special casing in b4, it's rare that you send out a > > patch series and only want 1 or 2 of them in stable, right? > > > > Not really, it's very common for a patch-series to contain fixes (that could > go to stable if applicable) and change that are not suitable for stable. The > problem as Noralf mentioned is that the b4 tool doesn't seem to allow Cc'ing > individual patches to different recipients, and everyone get the whole set. > > So either b4 needs to have this support, exclude stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx when > sending a set or stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ignore patches without a Fixes: tag. I think what I can do is a special logic for Cc: trailers: - Any Cc: trailers we find in the cover letter receive the entire series - Any Cc: trailers in individual patches only receive these individual patches Thank you for being patient -- we'll get this right, I promise. -K
