On 6/27/22 22:18, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > As future work---with this one submitting checklist gone---I see the harder > follow-up task to synchronize and clean up the various submission hints/ > guidelines/checklists in the remaining kernel documentation that partly > overlap and differ in detail, their structure (unstructured, unordered > lists vs. sections and subsections) and their state of being outdated: > > Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > MAINTAINERS#Tips for patch submitters > > My next task at hand is to read through all three documents, figure out > what still applies and what is outdated, determine a good common structure > for all three documents, include cross-links and make them to some extent > follow a clear consistent policy. E.g., one document is a more detailed > description of everything mentioned in the short list of another document. > I will try to work through that in the next months or motivate and guide > some colleague or mentee to work together with me on that. > Hi, I think MAINTAINERS#Tips for patch submitters contains redundant info compared to other submission guidelines, and some tips there are outdated (like using `diff -u` instead of git). For consistency, that section can be removed (in your next RFC series). -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
