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| author | Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> | 2004-05-20 23:22:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2004-05-20 23:22:51 -0700 |
| commit | b55a523c5cf2e5104bb09ec8957d529457d1f96d (patch) | |
| tree | 443dcebc28dff249c8790e75b00d4f14f15ff2d8 /Documentation | |
| parent | ed192f49d5919f16364730843ec301e7b3e49e67 (diff) | |
| download | history-b55a523c5cf2e5104bb09ec8957d529457d1f96d.tar.gz | |
[PATCH] trivial: add CC Trivial Patch Monkey to SubmittingPatches
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
From: maximilian attems <janitor@sternwelten.at>
The "Trivial Patch Monkey" is neither documented in MAINTAINERS nor was there
a note in SubmittingPatches.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 25db7b52149e15..6bf80fc2bda598 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -132,6 +132,21 @@ which require discussion or do not have a clear advantage should usually be sent first to linux-kernel. Only after the patch is discussed should the patch then be submitted to Linus. +For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey +trivial@rustcorp.com.au set up by Rusty Russell; which collects "trivial" +patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules: + Spelling fixes in documentation + Spelling fixes which could break grep(1). + Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad) + Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct) + Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things) + Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region). + Contact detail and documentation fixes + Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific, + since people copy, as long as it's trivial) + Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey + in re-transmission mode) + 5) Select your CC (e-mail carbon copy) list. |