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Linus Torvalds
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[PATCH] remove redundant info from SubmittingPatches
Since the Trivial Patch Monkey is mentioned both in steps 4. and 5., I removed it from step4 (Select e-mail destination), since it should go under 'Select your CC list'. Signed-off-by: Cosmin Nicolaescu <cos@camelot.homelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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| 132 | 132 | usually be sent first to linux-kernel. Only after the patch is |
| 133 | 133 | discussed should the patch then be submitted to Linus. |
| 134 | 134 | |
| 135 | -For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey | |
| 136 | -trivial@rustcorp.com.au set up by Rusty Russell; which collects "trivial" | |
| 137 | -patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules: | |
| 138 | - Spelling fixes in documentation | |
| 139 | - Spelling fixes which could break grep(1). | |
| 140 | - Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad) | |
| 141 | - Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct) | |
| 142 | - Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things) | |
| 143 | - Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region). | |
| 144 | - Contact detail and documentation fixes | |
| 145 | - Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific, | |
| 146 | - since people copy, as long as it's trivial) | |
| 147 | - Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey | |
| 148 | - in re-transmission mode) | |
| 149 | - | |
| 150 | 135 | |
| 151 | 136 | |
| 152 | 137 | 5) Select your CC (e-mail carbon copy) list. |