Re: rfc: Updating SubmittingPatches with [RFC PATCH] and/or [WIP PATCH]

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:47:41 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +If the patch or patch series is just a proposal to garner comments
> +use [RFC PATCH] before each patch subject.
> +
> +If the patch or patch seriies is incomplete or possibly contains known
> +defects and you would like others to see the work to date use
> +[WIP PATCH] before each patch subject.

It would be good to apply Randy's typo fix here.

Also, though, if we're going to do this, it's probably worth mentioning
that one should not expect patches marked RFC to be applied, and that
some maintainers may not even seriously review them. That seems to
surprise people regularly.

jon