Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: dsa: realtek: keep default LED state in rtl8366rb

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 09:11:11AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > OK, then this is v2. RFC is state of patch, not some sort of version. Or
> > just use b4 which handles this automatically...
> 
> Eh, hum. He does according to the X-Mailer header. More importantly
> I thought the RFC to PATCH transition resetting version numbering
> is how we always operated. Maybe b4 should be fixed?

There is no way to make it work reliably the way you propose, so I strongly
suggest that we do it the way b4 currently works:

- a series can start with RFC in the prefixes to indicate that it's not
  something to be considered for inclusion
- when the author feels that the series is ready for maintainers'
  consideration, they simply drop the RFC and keep the same change-id and
  versioning info; e.g. [PATCH RFC v3] -> [PATCH v4]

Resetting the versioning requires resetting the change-id of the series, or a
lot of automation breaks.

-K