From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFEBB207EC for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:40:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933710AbcJLPkZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:40:25 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-f65.google.com ([209.85.218.65]:33224 "EHLO mail-oi0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932754AbcJLPkX (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:40:23 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f65.google.com with SMTP id i127so3749250oia.0 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:40:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:subject:to:references:cc:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yCqnnxYLAX/qhost8+RqV6GgQqEZpATYHCp+oBEOVhw=; b=Dp6wkWomePfoXyfveCOcaY0onW8IWH9OsuO1Wk7epOeqCF2jwTF9EAeMUR6uIi7gKG BRda+uZ2tJlLTMW4D3JfAk6E9cdJQNthnPPLl7phz/4wvb/D4EGiPsXI+QVQCn75I+jl jJo/FpPwWjdzl5LAbObkje0TuGL0Geyp0PsrhYKIPg/p8YCcV6bhhuGFkurvvfQG63U8 AyF6OBQvkenGls7jY2fuNqBKQJAxfz8f+7K3KkSZzO3WdS4dA7+G7QME/PXOjvS2gAU5 2IH4JQPCTuhtfQjnv5eGbbrJ5USxvLENhuGfgxbDvGqiJ116BooKhicAPDZ115RYpzIZ O0xA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:subject:to:references:cc:from:message-id :date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yCqnnxYLAX/qhost8+RqV6GgQqEZpATYHCp+oBEOVhw=; b=TMwU3tZyjvOkr+AbGsm69V5ZTzCBS4vISqMteEXMinHt6NAOvAHbHkBmyUJlris56A 07+lhUH3MZSxmk80XlTaW37wyb9uPulkT2Z6Mx2Kzz3P+R++6H9BHAEc7g47J+LuW/GN 8qj3bRNtUK2xV9L/Vd6cpTT8gyJEh/60vdOy8XmJD87GgSQzPUmpfCVW0wjs+sJ3/J0V yIMsI0P14j+SlZQP5qjC13sUqcKz9K7xhZQpk/wP/cc2aQy5mojmU+mvBIWC1tkiwYy2 rjsKsqoJQpXLoaXO3LbdK6hXj3n9lqQ2DFPL9GC19qZFVONHkFYkk+yXxKazjR+7PlQ3 seoA== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RkpUPLwS4EJNKWxSoG/T6zzIccb1vjucu28cooZhhemQptJmJ5ihi4X6Fs1pgQd9Q== X-Received: by 10.157.17.90 with SMTP id p26mr931588otp.197.1476286822973; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:40:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from larrylap.suse (cpe-24-31-249-175.kc.res.rr.com. [24.31.249.175]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 77sm3014333otf.18.2016.10.12.08.40.22 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:40:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Formatting problem send_mail in version 2.10.0 To: Matthieu Moy References: <41164484-309b-bfff-ddbb-55153495d41a@lwfinger.net> <20161010214856.fobd3jgsv2cnscs3@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161010215711.oqnoiz7qfmxm27cr@sigill.intra.peff.net> <45cfc4e5-c30e-19cb-ec3e-407ceb4e3ad5@lwfinger.net> Cc: Jeff King , Mathieu Lienard--Mayor , Remi Lespinet , git@vger.kernel.org From: Larry Finger Message-ID: <5978b674-02eb-59ad-9468-93203533575f@lwfinger.net> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:40:21 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 10/12/2016 02:36 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Larry Finger writes: > >> On 10/11/2016 11:18 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote: >>> Larry Finger writes: >>> >>>> That added information at the end is intended to be passed on to the >>>> stable group. In this case, the patch needs to be applied to kernel >>>> versions 4.8 and later. >>> >>> OK, but where do people fetch this information from? >> >> This format is used in a patch for the kernel. When the patch is >> merged into mainline, stable@vger.kernel.org gets sent an E-mail with >> a copy of the original patch. Maintainers of the indicated systems >> then merge the patch with their stable version. > > Sorry, but this does not answer my question. I'll rephrase: when > people behind stable@vger.kernel.org get the message, how do they know > which version of the kernel they should apply it to? > >> I do not want it in the body of the message. I just want to pass a >> hint to the stable maintainer(s). > > If it's not in the body of the message, then where is it? This point is clarified in the thread http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=147625930203434&w=2, which is with my upstream maintainer. Larry