Re: Deliberately sending partial patch sets?

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Sat Jan 13 2024 - 02:00:00 EST


On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 08:37:10PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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)?
>
> No, kernel development is done in public.

That is, the submitter must send the full series, right? Why not partial
like above?

Confused...

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