[Intel-gfx] drm-intel.git Committers: Reminder about tagging bugfixes

[Jani Nikula]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Apparently this wasn't known to everyone, hence this small reminder
> about correctly tagging bugfixes when pushing them:
> - add a Bugzilla: or References: link for any bug reported anywhere
> (bugzilla or mailing list). Also add Reported-by:/Tested-by: for
> credits.

FWIW, greping git logs says we should prefer "Reference:" over
"References:".

BR,
Jani.

> - add Fixes: if it's a regression fix. Run "dim fixes $sha1" for
> convenience, to generate this correctly
> - add correct Cc: tags, Cc: stable for backporting to all kernels
> (including -rc), Cc: drm-intel-fixes if it's only needed in current
> -rc series.
>
> Special note about pre-production hw: We only backport fixes when the
> prelim_hw_support tag is lifted, before that point we don't bother.
> But after that _all_ bugfixes need one of the above tags, and right
> now both kbl and apl/bxt aren't preliminary any more!
>
> For full details see the docs:
> https://01.org/linuxgraphics/gfx-docs/maintainer-tools/drm-intel.html
> If you haven't read them in a while would be good to check them out
> again, quite a few improvements and clarifications over the past few
> months.
>
> Thanks, Daniel

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center