[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] docs: Document interaction Fixes tag and stable branches.

[Emil Velikov]

On 14 April 2017 at 22:43, Bas Nieuwenhuizen <bas at basnieuwenhuizen.nl> wrote:
> For the next time I forget.
>
> CC: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <basni at google.com>
> ---
>  docs/submittingpatches.html | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/submittingpatches.html b/docs/submittingpatches.html
> index 5310b1d8c17..4b025647039 100644
> --- a/docs/submittingpatches.html
> +++ b/docs/submittingpatches.html
> @@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ Note: by removing the tag [as the commit is pushed] the patch is
>  Thus, drop the line <strong>only</strong> if you want to cancel the nomination.
>  </p>
>
> +Alternatively, if one uses the "Fixes" tag as desribed in the "Patch formatting"
s/desribed/described/

> +section, it nominates a commit for all active stable branches that include the
> +commit that is referred to. If the "CC" tag is also present the "Fixes" tag will
> +be used to determine which active stable branches the commit applies to.
> +
Please drop drop the second sentence, since it does not bring much (it
even confuses the hell out of me).

Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>

Thanks
Emil