Explain the general concept once in the intro to keep things somewhat
shorter in the individual points.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 13 +++++--------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index 41f1e07abfdfa7..7bb16d42a51833 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author or
subsystem maintainer.
To sent additional instructions to the stable team, use a shell-style inline
-comment:
+comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes:
- * To specify any additional patch prerequisites for cherry picking use the
- following format in the sign-off area:
+ * Specify any additional patch prerequisites for cherry picking:
.. code-block:: none
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ comment:
git cherry-pick fd21073
git cherry-pick <this commit>
- * For patches that may have kernel version prerequisites specify them using
- the following format in the sign-off area:
+ * Point out kernel version prerequisites:
.. code-block:: none
@@ -119,14 +117,13 @@ comment:
Note, such tagging is unnecessary if the stable team can derive the
appropriate versions from Fixes: tags.
- * To delay pick up of patches, use the following format:
+ * Delay pick up of patches:
.. code-block:: none
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # after 4 weeks in mainline
- * For any other requests, just add a note to the stable tag. This for example
- can be used to point out known problems:
+ * Point out known problems:
.. code-block:: none
--
2.44.0
