The patch titled Documentation/HOWTO: info about interface changes should CC linux-api@vger has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is documentation-howto-info-about-interface-changes-should-cc-linux-api-vger.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Documentation/HOWTO: info about interface changes should CC linux-api@vger From: "Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The "Documentation" section of this file mentions that when an interface change is made, I should be CCed with info about the change (so that man-pages can document it). Additionally request that this info be CCed to the new linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/HOWTO | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN Documentation/HOWTO~documentation-howto-info-about-interface-changes-should-cc-linux-api-vger Documentation/HOWTO --- a/Documentation/HOWTO~documentation-howto-info-about-interface-changes-should-cc-linux-api-vger +++ a/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ documentation files are also added which When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages -maintainer at mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxx +maintainer at mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx, and CC the list +linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are required reading: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are maintainers-add-mailing-list-for-man-pages.patch submitchecklist-interfaces-changes-should-cc-linux-api.patch documentation-howto-info-about-interface-changes-should-cc-linux-api-vger.patch git-block.patch rlimit-permit-setting-rlimit_nofile-to-rlim_infinity.patch rlimit-permit-setting-rlimit_nofile-to-rlim_infinity-fix.patch coredump-format_corename-dont-append-%pid-if-multi-threaded.patch add-config_core_dump_default_elf_headers.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html