On Wed, 2016-09-07 at 17:38 +0100, Lee Jones wrote: > On Wed, 07 Sep 2016, Joe Perches wrote: [] > > And another patch series prefix that could be used > > instead of RFC is WIP. > Certainly sounds reasonable. Is there a difference in the meaning?
Request for Comment and Work In Progress differences: Maybe add something like this to Documentation/SubmittingPatches --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 8c79f1d..aa76057 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -404,6 +404,12 @@ convention to prefix your subject line with [PATCH]. This and other kernel developers more easily distinguish patches from other e-mail discussions. +If the patch or patch series is just a proposal to garner comments +use [RFC PATCH] before each patch subject. + +If the patch or patch seriies is incomplete or possibly contains known +defects and you would like others to see the work to date use +[WIP PATCH] before each patch subject. 11) Sign your work