From 76bcbae365b82304b7ad0bfd007a5e0a97ea4bde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vicente Olivert Riera Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 13:27:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs/manual: add the "mark as superseded" hint Signed-off-by: Vicente Olivert Riera Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- docs/manual/contribute.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manual/contribute.txt b/docs/manual/contribute.txt index 5f0762f4a3..40579f9709 100644 --- a/docs/manual/contribute.txt +++ b/docs/manual/contribute.txt @@ -298,6 +298,14 @@ $ git format-patch --subject-prefix "PATCH v4" \ -M -s -o outgoing origin/master --------------------- +When you provide a new version of a patch, please mark the old one as +superseded in http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork]. You need to +create an account on http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork] to be +able to modify the status of your patches. Note that you can only change +the status of patches you submitted yourself, which means the email +address you register in http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork] should +match the one you use for sending patches to the mailing list. + [[reporting-bugs]] === Reporting issues/bugs or getting help