From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:36:04 +0000 (-0800) Subject: stable: update documentation to ask for kernel version X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8381b5e88a19b780f19fc52b7dd67f2b05d07dca;p=GitHub%2Fmt8127%2Fandroid_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git stable: update documentation to ask for kernel version It would save me an email round-trip asking which stable tree(s) that a patch should be applied to, so document that the tree number should be specified in the email request. Reported-by: Tomoya MORINAGA Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 21fd05c28e73..f0ab5cf28fca 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to stable@vger.kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the - changelog of your submission. + changelog of your submission, as well as the kernel version you wish + it to be applied to. - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to