From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A24ACD4E6 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 14:34:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2016 05:34:20 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.31,621,1473145200"; d="scan'208";a="30131894" Received: from sivswdev02.ir.intel.com ([10.237.217.46]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2016 05:34:19 -0800 From: Ferruh Yigit To: dev@dpdk.org Cc: John McNamara , Thomas Monjalon , Pablo de Lara , Ferruh Yigit , Yuanhan Liu Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:34:17 +0000 Message-Id: <20161111133417.3894-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.8.4 In-Reply-To: <20161110172718.2292-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> References: <20161110172718.2292-1-ferruh.yigit@intel.com> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] doc: add sub-repositories information X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:34:23 -0000 DPDK switched to main and sub-repositories approach, this patch documents new approach and updates development process according. Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit Acked-by: John McNamara --- doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst index 729aea7..fabddbe 100644 --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst @@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ The DPDK development process has the following features: * There is a mailing list where developers submit patches. * There are maintainers for hierarchical components. * Patches are reviewed publicly on the mailing list. -* Successfully reviewed patches are merged to the master branch of the repository. +* Successfully reviewed patches are merged to the repository. + +| + +* There are main repository ``dpdk`` and sub-repositories ``dpdk-next-*``. +* A patch should be sent for its target repository. Like net drivers should be on top of dpdk-next-net repository. +* All sub-repositories are merged into main repository for -rc1 and -rc2 versions of the release. +* After -rc2 release all patches should target main repository. The mailing list for DPDK development is `dev@dpdk.org `_. Contributors will need to `register for the mailing list `_ in order to submit patches. @@ -33,12 +40,17 @@ Refer to the `Pro Git Book `_ for further informat Getting the Source Code ----------------------- -The source code can be cloned using either of the following:: +The source code can be cloned using either of the following: - git clone git://dpdk.org/dpdk +main repository:: + git clone git://dpdk.org/dpdk git clone http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk +sub-repositories (`list `_):: + + git clone git://dpdk.org/next/dpdk-next-* + git clone http://dpdk.org/git/next/dpdk-next-* Make your Changes ----------------- -- 2.9.3