The patch titled
doc: what a patch series is
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
doc-what-a-patch-series-is.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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Subject: doc: what a patch series is
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
It seems that we need to clarify that a patch series is a series of related
patches rather than "here are some of my patches as multiple (numbered)
emails."
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN Documentation/SubmittingPatches~doc-what-a-patch-series-is Documentation/SubmittingPatches
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches~doc-what-a-patch-series-is
+++ a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ area or subsystem of the kernel is being
The "summary phrase" in the email's Subject should concisely
describe the patch which that email contains. The "summary
phrase" should not be a filename. Do not use the same "summary
-phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series.
+phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series (where a "patch
+series" is an ordered sequence of multiple, related patches).
Bear in mind that the "summary phrase" of your email becomes
a globally-unique identifier for that patch. It propagates
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
ocfs2-kobject-kset-foobar.patch
git-acpi.patch
git-ieee1394.patch
romfs-printk-format-warnings.patch
add-pci_try_set_mwi.patch
git-unionfs.patch
git-ipwireless_cs.patch
mm-merge-populate-and-nopage-into-fault-fixes-nonlinear-doc-fix.patch
doc-kernel-parameters-use-x86-32-tag-instead-of-ia-32.patch
lib-hexdump.patch
profile-likely-unlikely-macros.patch
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