[PATCH 11/11] doc: move drm-misc maintainer guidelines
Jani Nikula
jani.nikula at intel.com
Thu Oct 25 15:22:11 UTC 2018
Move drm-misc under the common maintainer guidelines.
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
---
drm-misc.rst | 44 ----------------------------------------
maintainer-drm-misc.rst | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
maintainer-guidelines.rst | 1 +
3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 maintainer-drm-misc.rst
diff --git a/drm-misc.rst b/drm-misc.rst
index 832aeb33ffe9..b55a5f49e5a8 100644
--- a/drm-misc.rst
+++ b/drm-misc.rst
@@ -43,47 +43,3 @@ releases at the same time. Big features take a long time to hit a kernel
release. There are no fast paths.
.. include:: drm-misc-timeline.rst
-
-Maintainer's Duties
-===================
-
-Maintainers mostly provide services to keep drm-misc running smoothly:
-
-* Coordinate cross-subsystem dependencies and handle topic branches, sending out
- pull request and merging topic pull requests from other subsystems.
-
-* At least once per week check for pending bugfixes (using ``dim status``) and
- if there are any (either in `-fixes` or `-next-fixes`), send out the pull
- request.
-
-* Fast-forward (when possible) `-fixes` to each released -rc kernel tag, to
- keep it current. We try to avoid backmerges for bugfix branches, and rebasing
- isn't an option with multiple committers.
-
-* Pull requests become noisy if `-fixes` has been fast-forwarded to Linus'
- latest -rc tag but drm-upstream hasn't done the same yet: The shortlog
- will contain not just the queued fixes but also anything else that has
- landed in Linus' tree in the meantime. The best practice is then to base
- the pull request on Linus' master branch (rather than drm-upstream) by
- setting the `upstream` argument for ``dim pull-request`` accordingly.
- Upstream should be warned that they haven't fast-forwarded yet.
-
-* During the merge-window blackout, i.e. from -rc6 on until the merge window
- closes with the release of -rc1, try to track `drm-next` with the
- `-next-fixes` branch. Do not advance past -rc1, otherwise the automagic in
- the scripts will push the wrong patches to the linux-next tree.
-
-* Between -rc1 and -rc6 send pull requests for the `-next` branch every 1-2
- weeks, depending upon how much is queued up.
-
-* Backmerge `drm-next` into the `-next` branch when needed, properly recording
- that reason in the merge commit message. Do a backmerge at least once per
- month to avoid conflict chaos, and specifically merge in the main drm feature
- pull request, to resync with all the late driver submissions during the merge
- window.
-
-* Last resort fallback for applying patches, in case all area expert committers
- are somehow unavailable.
-
-* Take the blame when something goes wrong. Maintainers interface and represent
- the entire group of committers to the wider kernel community.
diff --git a/maintainer-drm-misc.rst b/maintainer-drm-misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..462deff5b04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maintainer-drm-misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+.. _maintainer-drm-misc:
+
+================================
+ drm-misc Maintainer Guidelines
+================================
+
+This document describes the detailed maintainer tasks for drm-misc.
+
+Maintainer's Duties
+===================
+
+Maintainers mostly provide services to keep drm-misc running smoothly:
+
+* Coordinate cross-subsystem dependencies and handle topic branches, sending out
+ pull request and merging topic pull requests from other subsystems.
+
+* At least once per week check for pending bugfixes (using ``dim status``) and
+ if there are any (either in `-fixes` or `-next-fixes`), send out the pull
+ request.
+
+* Fast-forward (when possible) `-fixes` to each released -rc kernel tag, to
+ keep it current. We try to avoid backmerges for bugfix branches, and rebasing
+ isn't an option with multiple committers.
+
+* Pull requests become noisy if `-fixes` has been fast-forwarded to Linus'
+ latest -rc tag but drm-upstream hasn't done the same yet: The shortlog
+ will contain not just the queued fixes but also anything else that has
+ landed in Linus' tree in the meantime. The best practice is then to base
+ the pull request on Linus' master branch (rather than drm-upstream) by
+ setting the `upstream` argument for ``dim pull-request`` accordingly.
+ Upstream should be warned that they haven't fast-forwarded yet.
+
+* During the merge-window blackout, i.e. from -rc6 on until the merge window
+ closes with the release of -rc1, try to track `drm-next` with the
+ `-next-fixes` branch. Do not advance past -rc1, otherwise the automagic in
+ the scripts will push the wrong patches to the linux-next tree.
+
+* Between -rc1 and -rc6 send pull requests for the `-next` branch every 1-2
+ weeks, depending upon how much is queued up.
+
+* Backmerge `drm-next` into the `-next` branch when needed, properly recording
+ that reason in the merge commit message. Do a backmerge at least once per
+ month to avoid conflict chaos, and specifically merge in the main drm feature
+ pull request, to resync with all the late driver submissions during the merge
+ window.
+
+* Last resort fallback for applying patches, in case all area expert committers
+ are somehow unavailable.
+
+* Take the blame when something goes wrong. Maintainers interface and represent
+ the entire group of committers to the wider kernel community.
diff --git a/maintainer-guidelines.rst b/maintainer-guidelines.rst
index 335d29a6e2bb..496c82ba5c64 100644
--- a/maintainer-guidelines.rst
+++ b/maintainer-guidelines.rst
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ This document gathers together maintainer guidelines.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
+ maintainer-drm-misc
maintainer-drm-intel
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