[PATCH v2] ARM: Build dtb files in all target

Ben Hutchings ben at decadent.org.uk
Sun Sep 2 13:26:21 EDT 2012


On Sun, 2012-09-02 at 18:04 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 02:54:27PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Sat, 2012-09-01 at 21:11 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > [...]
> > > It is as clear as mud now when stable at vger.kernel.org should be Cc'd and
> > > when it should not.
> > [...]
> > 
> > Perhaps what you're missing is that it's an open mailing list (as was
> > stable at kernel.org), not an alias for 'the stable team'.  As with any
> > other kernel mailing list, you don't need to get explicit permission to
> > send mail to it.  So there is no 'should not'.
> 
> Then please explain why people keep getting Greg's standard form "this
> is not how you submit patches for stable" when they CC a _discussion_
> to the address.

When someone sends a patch that they want to be applied in mainline and
then later in stable updates, they must include the cc: line in the
commit message.  Actually cc'ing to the stable list is optional.

When someone sends a preliminary version of a patch for discussion, and
that might, after proper submission, be wanted in stable updates, that
line is not necessary.  The patch should however have '[RFC]' in the
subject, so everyone understands that this is not a request for the
patch to be applied.  This should not result in a form response.

I don't think this distinction between patch-to-be-applied and
patch-to-be-discussed is anything peculiar to the stable list.

[...]
> As I have pointed out many times in this thread, there is inconsistency
> between what you are saying, what Greg has said, what the documentation
> says, and the reaction that people get from Greg when they do send to
> that address.  Something needs to change, and that isn't me - it's how
> the stable stuff operates.  Because it's very confusing and inconsistent
> at the moment.
> 
> Fix that problem and we can then all move along.  Continue to ignore it
> and I'll continue my crusade against this blatent inconsistency. :)

I'm still failing to see any inconsistency.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Theory and practice are closer in theory than in practice.
                                - John Levine, moderator of comp.compilers
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