Hi Simon, Albert On 18/07/11 18:47, Albert ARIBAUD wrote: > Le 18/07/2011 10:29, Simon Schwarz a écrit : >> Dear Wolfgang Denk, Sandeep Paulraj and Albert Aribaud,
[snip] > Personally, when a patch was initially submitted before the end of the > merge window, I will accept subsequent versions of it and apply them > even if they are submitted after the merge window has closed. Provided they are either a simple rebase or an update due to mailing list comments or a correction. After the merge window closes, do not use the existing patches posted inside the merge window to sneak in new features > Only, be sure to follow *all* rules for submitting new versions of a > patch set as laid out in > <http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/Patches#Sending_updated_patch_versions> > . Particularly: > > - *always* provide history for *each* patch > > - *always* provide history *below* the commit message delimiter ('---') > > - *always* post version N of a patch "in-reply-to" version N-1. > > - *never* post a patch set twice under the same version. Even if you > forgot some trivial thing like signed-off-by, repost with a *bumped up* > version number (and provide updated history) And if the patch is a part of a series, update the version of *all* patches in the series (with a 'no changes' comment for any individual patches in the series which have not been update). Nothing worse than a series being a mix of various versions. > Be warned that not respecting these rules will result in the patch set > being NAKed (and, in turn, will force you to re-post a Vn+1 patch...) Regards, Graeme _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
