Re: [RFQ] Rules for accepting patches into the linux-releases tree

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:21:46PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Anything else anyone can think of?  Any objections to any of these?
> I based them off of Linus's original list.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> ------
> 
> Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and what ones are not, into
> the "linux-release" tree.
> 
>  - It can not bigger than 100 lines, with context.
>  - It must fix only one thing.
>  - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a
>    problem..." type thing.)
>  - It must fix a problem that causes a build error (but not for things
>    marked CONFIG_BROKEN), an oops, a hang, or a real security issue. 

"and breakage of previously working functionality" ? 

>  - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how
>    the race can be exploited.
>  - It can not contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
>    whitespace cleanups, etc.)
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