From c0d747a5b226f36cebdce6da3a3c54ba5a301455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:55:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/process: always CC responsible lists The "Select the recipients for your patch" part about CC-ing mailing lists is a bit vague and might be understood that only some lists should be Cc-ed. That's not what most of the maintainers expect. For given code, associated mailing list must always be CC-ed, because the list is used for reviewing and testing patches. Example are the Devicetree bindings patches, which are tested iff Devicetree mailing list is CC-ed. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230413165501.47442-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 19 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 69ce64e..b7e345b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -223,20 +223,17 @@ patch. Select the recipients for your patch ------------------------------------ -You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) on any patch -to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the -source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The -script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to -your patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a +You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) and list(s) on +any patch to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the +source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The script +scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to your +patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton (akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort. -You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy -of your patch set. linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default -for all patches, but the volume on that list has caused a number of -developers to tune it out. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a -subsystem-specific list; your patch will probably get more attention there. -Please do not spam unrelated lists, though. +linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default for all patches, but the +volume on that list has caused a number of developers to tune it out. Please +do not spam unrelated lists and unrelated people, though. Many kernel-related lists are hosted on vger.kernel.org; you can find a list of them at http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html. There are -- 2.7.4