From patchwork Thu Oct 5 20:03:18 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 31735 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CB78E9273B for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2023 20:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (relay9-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.199]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.25970.1696536234905218625 for ; Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:03:55 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=DH5G6YVo; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.199, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C08E2FF806; Thu, 5 Oct 2023 20:03:52 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1696536233; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=CLmesjVkNE0LwzvSiL9Xt5Jfae9mIWCRGPj45cQTtug=; b=DH5G6YVoQOPBzCUdgan9zaA87T5NEqKLrNjlZA0C9tmI4+Hw64/wxNsX4aLJdq2Jxu/p5+ miO9FJfNn3AND370F2IBtEVUYbpv8VHT1kqvxVHKMKZisj7M7BQBasuFWlNyhwCGm3csix 6jODotNqK+F457+rW6sNlvsv92L2NSNvzuN+nFSPCxMs5FOW8/Fx3xovUeVoUAPpzdSiJO X1nEJ3mhz8MtUPF4818hVFl0+ZE6/q5oz6qZdThoeypk2LjqnFwlHw8FVkCS7q3ZmrvpX1 Q4zckA82UIOWszVZIK+eJP3/LSNBQCPiwIDMJ2roaCVUy17VjZgAqfFPagcehw== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker , Alexander Kanavin , Roland Hieber Subject: [kirstone][PATCH 9/9] contributor-guide: style-guide: discourage using Pending patch status Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 22:03:18 +0200 Message-Id: <20231005200318.2873125-9-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20231005200318.2873125-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> References: <20231005200318.2873125-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-GND-Sasl: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:04:03 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/4318 From: Michael Opdenacker From: Roland Hieber Suggested-by: Michael Opdenacker Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker --- documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst index e03b8ff2ba..a005aa3247 100644 --- a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst +++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst @@ -286,7 +286,14 @@ Then, you should also add an ``Upstream-Status:`` tag containing one of the following status strings: ``Pending`` - No determination has been made yet or not yet submitted to upstream. + No determination has been made yet, or patch has not yet been submitted to + upstream. + + Keep in mind that every patch submitted upstream reduces the maintainance + burden in OpenEmbedded and Yocto Project in the long run, so this patch + status should only be used in exceptional cases if there are genuine + obstacles to submitting a patch upstream; the reason for that should be + included in the patch. ``Submitted [where]`` Submitted to upstream, waiting for approval. Optionally include where