[PATCH] Documentation/process: mention patch changelog in review process

Krzysztof Kozlowski posted 1 patch 4 years, 2 months ago
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] Documentation/process: mention patch changelog in review process
Posted by Krzysztof Kozlowski 4 years, 2 months ago
Extend the "Respond to review comments" section of "Submitting patches"
with reference to patch changelogs.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
---
 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index fb496b2ebfd3..9bb4e8c0f635 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -318,7 +318,10 @@ understands what is going on.
 Be sure to tell the reviewers what changes you are making and to thank them
 for their time.  Code review is a tiring and time-consuming process, and
 reviewers sometimes get grumpy.  Even in that case, though, respond
-politely and address the problems they have pointed out.
+politely and address the problems they have pointed out.  When sending a next
+version, add a ``patch changelog`` to the cover letter or to individual patches
+explaining difference aganst previous submission (see
+:ref:`the_canonical_patch_format`).
 
 See Documentation/process/email-clients.rst for recommendations on email
 clients and mailing list etiquette.
-- 
2.32.0
Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: mention patch changelog in review process
Posted by Bagas Sanjaya 4 years, 2 months ago
On 02/04/22 17.07, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Extend the "Respond to review comments" section of "Submitting patches"
> with reference to patch changelogs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
> ---
>   Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 ++++-
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index fb496b2ebfd3..9bb4e8c0f635 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -318,7 +318,10 @@ understands what is going on.
>   Be sure to tell the reviewers what changes you are making and to thank them
>   for their time.  Code review is a tiring and time-consuming process, and
>   reviewers sometimes get grumpy.  Even in that case, though, respond
> -politely and address the problems they have pointed out.
> +politely and address the problems they have pointed out.  When sending a next
> +version, add a ``patch changelog`` to the cover letter or to individual patches
> +explaining difference aganst previous submission (see
> +:ref:`the_canonical_patch_format`).
>   
>   See Documentation/process/email-clients.rst for recommendations on email
>   clients and mailing list etiquette.

What about range-diffs?

-- 
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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: mention patch changelog in review process
Posted by Krzysztof Kozlowski 4 years, 2 months ago
On 03/04/2022 07:58, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On 02/04/22 17.07, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> Extend the "Respond to review comments" section of "Submitting patches"
>> with reference to patch changelogs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 ++++-
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
>> index fb496b2ebfd3..9bb4e8c0f635 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
>> @@ -318,7 +318,10 @@ understands what is going on.
>>   Be sure to tell the reviewers what changes you are making and to thank them
>>   for their time.  Code review is a tiring and time-consuming process, and
>>   reviewers sometimes get grumpy.  Even in that case, though, respond
>> -politely and address the problems they have pointed out.
>> +politely and address the problems they have pointed out.  When sending a next
>> +version, add a ``patch changelog`` to the cover letter or to individual patches
>> +explaining difference aganst previous submission (see
>> +:ref:`the_canonical_patch_format`).
>>   
>>   See Documentation/process/email-clients.rst for recommendations on email
>>   clients and mailing list etiquette.
> 
> What about range-diffs?

What about it? I extend here the versioning of patches, which does not
come with range-diffs.

Best regards,
Krzysztof
Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: mention patch changelog in review process
Posted by Jonathan Corbet 4 years, 2 months ago
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org> writes:

> Extend the "Respond to review comments" section of "Submitting patches"
> with reference to patch changelogs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon