Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/9] app/proc-info: improve debug of proc-info tool

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

26/12/2018 06:21, Varghese, Vipin:
> HI Thomas,
> 
> Snipped
> 
> > > > Small nits
> > > > 9th patch in this set is doc. So above info need to be corrected.
> > > > if you are addressing my earlier comment of separating out mempool
> > > > element iteration changes in to separate new patch 9/10 .Please keep
> > > > my ack in next version
> > >
> > > Thanks for pointing this out, Like updated in email and chat I am not
> > planning to split it. Hence no version 8.
> > 
> > So, no ack and no merge?
> > 
> > Looking at the first patches + doc patch, the split is not meaningful.
> > You should merge doc and option parsing in the related patches.
> > For instance, parsing and doc of "tm" option should be in the "tm" patch.
> 
> I did not follow you request. Are you stating, for each functionality I should be updating document rather than 1 document update after adding the new functions? If former is true I am not able to find such reasoning stated in guideline or documentation or from the maintainer. 

Yes, you should update the doc while adding a new feature.
But most importantly, there is no reason to do a patch adding some empty functions
and filling them later.
And please consider the option parsing is part of the feature.