[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: add details on requirements for patch ack and merge

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Tue Feb 21 15:15:58 CET 2017


On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 03:12:32PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2017-02-21 12:02, Bruce Richardson:
> > +#. Once a patch has been acked by the relevant maintainer, reviewers may still comment on it for a further
> > +   two weeks. After that time, the patch should be merged into the relevent git tree for the next release.
> > +   Additional notes and restrictions:
> > +
> > +   * patches should be acked by a maintainer at least two days before the release merge
> > +     deadline, in order to make that release.
> > +   * for patches acked with less than two weeks to go to the merge deadline, all additional
> > +     comments should be made no later than two days before the merge deadline.
> 
> Do we need a drawing to illustrate the deadlines? :)
> 
> > +   * after the appropriate time for additional feedback has passed, if the patch has not yet
> > +     been merged to the relevant tree by the committer, it should be treated as though it had,
> > +     in that any additional changes needed to it must be addressed by a follow-on patch, rather
> > +     than rework of the original.
> > +   * trivial patches may be merged sooner than described above at the tree committer's
> > +     discretion.
> 
> Is it a trivial patch or should I wait 2 weeks before merging this one?

The "trivial" is up to you as committer. The 2 weeks depends on when
John acks it as docs maintainer. :-P

> 
> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> 


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