Re: [PATCH] stable: Update documentation to clarify preferred procedure

2015-05-24 Thread Christoffer Dall
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 09:40:39AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 2015 22:01:07 +0200 > Christoffer Dall wrote: > > > Clearly specify that option 1 is strongly preferred so that developers > > understand that option 2 or 3 should only be used when absolutely > > required. > > App

Re: [PATCH] stable: Update documentation to clarify preferred procedure

2015-05-22 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Wed, 13 May 2015 22:01:07 +0200 Christoffer Dall wrote: > Clearly specify that option 1 is strongly preferred so that developers > understand that option 2 or 3 should only be used when absolutely > required. Applied to the docs tree. I tweaked the changelog a bit, though, since "option 1" m

[PATCH] stable: Update documentation to clarify preferred procedure

2015-05-13 Thread Christoffer Dall
Clearly specify that option 1 is strongly preferred so that developers understand that option 2 or 3 should only be used when absolutely required. Also specify how upstream commit ids should be referenced in patches submitted directly to stable (I gathered this from looking at the stable archives)