From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40835A0A0A for ; Thu, 20 May 2021 10:39:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39C6D40041; Thu, 20 May 2021 10:39:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f53.google.com (mail-wr1-f53.google.com [209.85.221.53]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2780C40041 for ; Thu, 20 May 2021 10:39:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f53.google.com with SMTP id h4so16689990wrt.12 for ; Thu, 20 May 2021 01:39:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to :references:content-transfer-encoding:user-agent:mime-version; bh=+gDcGtNqX/7ui6Db/cwrSt3VGOc8Lc42A04ouMizQxo=; b=YMO77077p/84WLg+SBtswMB/rR9Ca2YYHQbDewVqo8d+5OTLsWkFqAPuQ50cKrM+yx EQj/hAPJxjYOclwv1lyvgvDm8UR9GVD/BrbYWt6lgslN9DkUsNVW3WIlxp9NszPBLUE8 bH8g2dQqM2cNdtAXaMfl0YjqnIVtOwV4xlTGurjQmm4c8z8wn0oE97VKM2NCeAVk8atI 7P08W4g+n3yrcj0t0evYy/i7XKc1cWhpL9GZxCQP59fuzgju5rjy3mRpiWiycrbgHoGq 3P3i6Crrhv689siuyrhPspNOApQFLSa1tMdQd/Kz0Dh+utIRfkFqnp2pDEgZnsYIzwU9 3hmA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532ghVeaj5zVF/kDFSohDh6KKVo/ddgzocUcCie+ryZSfyfzwLr/ u3fHvKJUaSHrqkxEfnpsqH0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxTk4n74sgT0DvG8YK8vP4Ic/LyatDFo2x2fTB6+2iiLQcc/F73QfWYk7SQGiTwzEd+Xui9Gw== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:6d8f:: with SMTP id l15mr3056607wrs.313.1621499985938; Thu, 20 May 2021 01:39:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2a01:4b00:f41a:3600:360b:9754:2e3a:c344]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i11sm2399607wrq.26.2021.05.20.01.39.45 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 20 May 2021 01:39:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Luca Boccassi To: Christian Ehrhardt , stable@dpdk.org, Thomas Monjalon Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 09:39:44 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20210520081344.1973634-1-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> References: <20210520081344.1973634-1-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5-1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] README: clarify that step 3 should run on latest main X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" On Thu, 2021-05-20 at 10:13 +0200, Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt > --- > README | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >=20 > diff --git a/README b/README > index 920cf3c..0f5ae88 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ The 'devtools/get-maintainer.sh' tool from the DPDK = repository is used to > compile the list of maintainers to CC for each patch. A configuration fi= le > needs to be set up first, see the script itself for instructions. > =20 > +It is highly recommended to check out the most recent upstream/main bran= ch > +in $STABLE_DIR as the tools will make use of the MAINTAINERS file found = there. > +If not checking out the latest the generated addresses might be outdated= and > +not reach the current maintainers. > + > If you use GIT_AM_PAUSE_ON_FAIL=3D"yes" you can call 3-request-backport = without > a list and it will process patches in xx.yy.z/tmp_import/list that it do= es > not find as applied in the git history from the current head. Acked-by: Luca Boccassi --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi