[Mesa-dev] Patchwork/mesa-stable question (was: Re: [PATCH v3] r600g: Fix special negative immediate constants when using ABS modifier.)

[Matt Turner]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Nicolai Hähnle <nhaehnle at gmail.com> wrote:
>> perhaps because it
>> wasn't inline. Is this something to worry about? Specifically, I believe the
>> patch is a candidate for the stable branch, and I added the appropriate Cc:
>> in the commit message. Does the message above prevent it from being picked
>> up?
>
> Nope, all's well. Assuming that the thing you wanted to get pushed has
> been. Patchwork isn't part of any "official" process, just a
> convenience tool.

While that's true, not cleaning up patches you push just makes it
harder to find unapplied patches that have fallen through the cracks.

The nice thing to do when you see that message is to mark the patch as
accepted/superseded.