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[kirstone,9/9] contributor-guide: style-guide: discourage using Pending patch status

Message ID 20231005200318.2873125-9-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com
State New
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Series [kirstone,1/9] contributor-guide/style-guide: Refer to recipes, not packages | expand

Commit Message

Michael Opdenacker Oct. 5, 2023, 8:03 p.m. UTC 
From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>

From: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>

Suggested-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
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 documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst | 9 ++++++++-
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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