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[PATCH 1/2 (RFC)] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: discuss first then submit

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 4, 2008, 01:00 UTC
Message-ID
<7v3as9pmcf.fsf_-_@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To
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This is something I've had in mind for some time. I get enough e-mails as-is, and I suspect the workflow to get list members involved would work better if we get the discussion concluded on the list first before patches hit my tree (even 'next').

--- On top of the previous one to talk about [PATCH v2] and friends...

 Documentation/SubmittingPatches |   23 ++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index cd80148..0661293 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient):
 	- if your name is not writable in ASCII, make sure that
 	  you send off a message in the correct encoding.
 	- send the patch to the list (git@vger.kernel.org) and the
-	  maintainer (gitster@pobox.com). If you use
-	  git-send-email(1), please test it first by sending
-	  email to yourself.
+	  maintainer (gitster@pobox.com) if (and only if) the patch
+	  is ready for inclusion. If you use git-send-email(1),
+	  please test it first by sending email to yourself.
 
 Long version:
 
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ Note that your maintainer does not necessarily read everything
 on the git mailing list.  If your patch is for discussion first,
 send it "To:" the mailing list, and optionally "cc:" him.  If it
 is trivially correct or after the list reached a consensus, send
-it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list.
+it "To:" the maintainer and optionally "cc:" the list for
+inclusion.
 
 Also note that your maintainer does not actively involve himself in
 maintaining what are in contrib/ hierarchy.  When you send fixes and
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  1. Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Instruct how to use [PATCH] Subject headerJari Aalto, Feb 4, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 4, 2008
  3. Jari AaltoFeb 4, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2008
  5. 1/2 Documentation/SubmittingPatches: discuss first then submitJunio C Hamano, Feb 4, 2008
  6. 2/2 Documentation/SubmittingPatches: What's Acked-by and Tested-by?Junio C Hamano, Feb 4, 2008

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