Re: [PATCH 1/8] Documentation: Adding "The Perfect Patch" by AndrewMorton

[Dave Jones]

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:49:53PM +1000, Ben Minerds wrote:
 > +- Don't bother mentioning what version of the kernel the patch applies to
 > +  ("applies to 2.6.8-rc1").  This is not interesting information - once the
 > +  patch is in bitkeeper, of _course_ it applied, and it'll probably be merged
 > +  into a later kernel than the one which you wrote it for.
 > +
 > +- Do not refer to earlier patches when changelogging a new version of a
 > +  patch.  It's not very useful to have a bitkeeper changelog which says "OK,
 > +  this fixes the things you mentioned yesterday".  Each iteration of the patch
 > +  should contain a standalone changelog.  This implies that you need a patch
 > +  management system which maintains changelogs.  See below.

s/bitkeeper/git/

 > +- Make sure that your patches apply to the latest version of the kernel
 > +  tree.  Either straight from bitkeeper or from
 > +  ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/

ditto. (Also, update url)

	Dave

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