Re: Deliberately sending partial patch sets?

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jan 12 2024 - 14:37:43 EST


On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:20:45PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Let's say that there is a contributor who wish to send a patch set (e.g.
> 20-30 patches in the series) to LKML. But instead of sending the full
> series, he either do one of the following:
>
> * Send only the cover letter (analogous to movie trailers)
> * Send only a few arbitrary patches in a series that are most important
> (e.g. patch [01,04,11,18,23/30]) (analogous to match highlights)
> * Send only the first few patches in a series (i.e. subject of one of
> patches says [09/30]) (analogous to sample book chapters)
>
> The rest of patches are behind closed doors (i.e. not sent), possibly
> behind charm-priced (pay)walls.
>
> Is the submission like above acceptable (when in review)?

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