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=-4.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD 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 6323320989 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:01:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754255AbcJLIBw (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 04:01:52 -0400 Received: from mx1.imag.fr ([129.88.30.5]:39051 "EHLO mx1.imag.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754121AbcJLIBu (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 04:01:50 -0400 Received: from clopinette.imag.fr (clopinette.imag.fr [129.88.34.215]) by mx1.imag.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u9C7aFwn011720 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:36:16 +0200 Received: from anie (anie.imag.fr [129.88.42.32]) by clopinette.imag.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u9C7aGJe003333; Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:36:16 +0200 From: Matthieu Moy To: Larry Finger Cc: Jeff King , Mathieu Lienard--Mayor , Remi Lespinet , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Formatting problem send_mail in version 2.10.0 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> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:36:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Larry Finger's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:28:30 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (mx1.imag.fr [129.88.30.5]); Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:36:16 +0200 (CEST) X-IMAG-MailScanner-Information: Please contact MI2S MIM for more information X-MailScanner-ID: u9C7aFwn011720 X-IMAG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-IMAG-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-IMAG-MailScanner-From: matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1476862578.96858@ro1pqJsn9GRjQGAKx8fePA Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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? -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/