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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2007-05-09 09:33:42 (GMT)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-05-09 19:30:50 (GMT)
commit66effdc6a6a79c11f1c0d607d0de299108d69507 (patch)
tree359abb757e01eaae92bc1cd94c908bc4c7807ca7 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches
parent2dfdd266b9a2f2d93a3fdbee89969f6ea9ec5377 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-66effdc6a6a79c11f1c0d607d0de299108d69507.tar.xz
doc: what a patch series is
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@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ area or subsystem of the kernel is being patched.
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