Re: [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit IDrequirement reworded

[Stefan Richter]

Stefan Richter wrote:
> tytso@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> I find the upstream commit ID to be highly useful when looking at
>> commits in the stable tree.  So it would be nice IMHO if we could
>> enforce this requirement regardless of whether the submission path is
>> via e-mail or git.
...
> Apparently Greg's scripts modify the
> changelogs respectively when he cherry-picks from linux-2.6.git, so the
> requirement is also always fulfilled with this alternative submission path.

Or do you mean submission directly from a developer's git tree to stable
via git pull by Greg?  Is this been done?  If yes, I suppose this comes
only from people who know very well how a stable patch is meant to look
like.  Nevertheless I could send another adjustment for
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt if this is another actual
submission path.
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