stable: Update documentation to clarify preferred procedure
authorChristoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>
Wed, 13 May 2015 20:01:07 +0000 (22:01 +0200)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fri, 22 May 2015 15:38:56 +0000 (09:38 -0600)
commitbde1b29420d71a17d87332db8e20229f251d6c14
treeb4f0940f75e7f0ff8cb4300b45c63a737c9e8055
parentcbfa2c52818ada02ca3084e0c50aba8745311bc1
stable: Update documentation to clarify preferred procedure

Clearly specify that "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" is strongly preferred so
that developers understand that the other options should only be used when
absolutely required.

Also specify how upstream commit ids should be referenced in patches
submitted directly to stable (I gathered this from looking at the stable
archives), and specify that any modified patches for stable should be
clearly documented in the patch description.

Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt