On 08/16/2011 02:06 AM, Simon Schwarz wrote:
Hi Joe,
On 08/16/2011 03:20 AM, Joe Hershberger wrote:
Hi u-boot,
What is the recommended way to handle a patch series that depends on another patch series (already sent but not integrated)?
AFAIK the recommend way is to note in the patch that it depends on another - best with some kind of link from gmane or a message-ID.
A patchwork link would be ideal.
How about a patch that was sent, that at the time didn't depend on another series, but after review and changes, now depends on those changes?
Then you have to note it in the version history that it now depends on another patch - don't forget to also note it in the normal merge message.
Merge message? If you mean the commit message (above the "---"), why? It should not be committed before its dependencies.
Even a bit more generally, some of the series are getting quite long due to small dependencies. This tends to put lots of unrelated content into the same series based on small dependencies. How is this supposed to be dealt with? Is it best to make long series or just to send part of it and wait for it to be integrated before sending the rest?
Hm, here U'am not really sure - I think I would send a complete series - but this is best answered by a custodian.
If it's getting very long (the threshold is obviously subjective), I'd do the "send part of it and wait" approach. Especially if there are a lot of respins.
-Scott