From: Emil Velikov <[email protected]> Document what has been the unofficial way to self-reject stable patches.
Namely: drop the mesa-stable tag and push the commit. Cc: Nanley Chery <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <[email protected]> --- Nanley, I fear that adding this note to the criteria section will get lost. Please let me know if you prefer it there and/or if we can make the wording clearer and less likely to miss. --- docs/submittingpatches.html | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html index d1ca68d..141cec2 100644 --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html @@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ copied to the mesa-stable@ mailing list when you use "git send-email" to send patches to the mesa-dev@ mailing list. If you prefer using --suppress-cc that won't have any effect negative effect on the patch nomination. +<p> +Note: by removing the tag [as the commit is pushed] the patch is +<strong>explicitly</strong> rejected from inclusion in the stable branch(es). +<br> +Thus, drop the line <strong>only</strong> if you want to cancel the nomination. +</p> + <h2 id="criteria">Criteria for accepting patches to the stable branch</h2> Mesa has a designated release manager for each stable branch, and the release -- 2.10.2 _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
