Re: PATCH: Use $(SHELL) when running mkinstalldirs

[David Carlton <carlton@math.stanford.edu>]

On 14 May 2003 09:12:58 -0700, Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> said:

> I missed the Subject line conventions somehow.  Are they written
> down anywhere?

Hmm, we should put this in gdbint.texi or in MAINTAINERS or
somewhere.  Anyways:

RFA: request for approval.  Always include this if your patch needs
approval, and Cc: the appropriate maintainer(s).

RFC: request for comments.  This is typically used when you have some
big plan that you want comments on before you generate detailed
patches.  (Or when you have patches that work but aren't as elegant as
you'd like.)

PATCH: This is typically used for patches that don't require approval,
either because the submitter can approve them or because they're
simple enough to qualify as obvious.

If patches are for the testsuite or for the documentation, people
frequently indicate that as well: e.g. [rfa/testsuite].  Also,
sometimes people say [patch rfc] for patches that they can approve
themselves but that they wouldn't mind another set of eyes to look
over.  And if your patch is for a branch instead of mainline, then you
include the name of the branch instead of or in addition to "patch".

Andrew has started to use "commit" for patches that are being
committed immediately.  Personally, I usually post my (non-branch)
patches a day or two before committing them, and I leave the same
subject line when I post a message saying that I've actually commited
the patch, so I don't use "commit".

David Carlton
carlton@math.stanford.edu