On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 01:39:45AM +0300, Adverg Ebashinskii wrote: > In case I have submitted a patch and some mistakes were pointed what is the > right way of submitting a corrected version? > I basically have 2 questions related to patch re-submit. > > 1. Is it appropriate to submit a new patch starting a new thread or it's > required to reply > to one of the message in the old patch's thread to preserve a reference to > the old one?
New thread is usually fine, but if you want you can do it in the old thread, your choice. > 2. In case the discussion of the patch ended up in patch redesign is it > required to put a version when resubmitting? Yes. > For example the initial patch was [PATCH] sub/sys: summary. Should v2 be > placed > in the description of the new patch like > [PATCH v2] sub/sys: completely different summary due to redesign? Yes. And properly document your changes below the --- line as the documentation asks for. hope this helps, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list [email protected] https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
