Re: [PATCH] Documentation/maintainer-tip: Clarify merge window policy

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Mar 22 2024 - 15:15:49 EST


On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 11:34:03AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
>
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> There are lots of maintainers "pings" during the merge window, even
> for trivial patches.
>
> Clarify that contributors should not expect progress on *any*
> non-urgent patches during the merge window. This applies to all
> contributions, not just large ones.
>
> Clarify the language around -rc1. Trees really are closed during the
> merge window.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst | 18 +++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>

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