On 4/1/2010 2:45 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Vipin KUMAR, > > In message <[email protected]> you wrote: >> >> After reading about the patch submission process, I felt that patches >> can only be sent when the merging window is open but patches are being >> continuously sent and reviewed. >> >> Is it correct to assume that a patch can be sent at any time and will >> only be applied to the mainline code during the merging window > > First, please keep in mind that there are different types of patches. > > - There are bug fixes that correct problems in the existing code. > These can go in moe or less any time. In reality, it depends on how > urgent the problem is and how intrusive the bug fix is. Urgent > fixes and low-intrusive patches go in more easily - for example, if > a bug breaks support for a number of boards it makes no sense to > continue with the release process without adding this patch - it is > the urgency here that counts. On the other hand, if a patch fixes a > spelling error in one of the README files, it is NOT urgent, but > may go in quickly anyway, because it is obvious that applying this > change has no impact on other parts of the code. Compare a patch > that fixxes a bug that gets triggered under certain conditions > only, but that requiires heavy vchanges to a lot of files - such a > patch will go in early in the release process, but not if we are > approaching the scheduled release date. > > - There are patches that add new features and/or support for new > boards and processors. Such patches get accepted for mainline only > when the merge window is open. It makes sense to post such patches > before that, to get initial review comments and to have the patches > clean and ready for posting when the merge window opens. > > Some custodians even accept patches before that, and add these for > example to their respective "next" branches. This is mostly a matter > of the personal style of working of the respective custodian. > > - Then there are patches that are intended as RFC, i. e. that are > mainly intended to illustrate an idea and ask for discussion of a > specific implementation. Such patches are not intended for inclusion > into mainline and thus it makes not much sense to synchronize these > with the release schedule. > >
Yes, I understand it well now. Thanks for a elaborate reply > > Hope this helps. > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk > _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
