[Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: add the "mark as superseded" hint

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 07-09-15 15:21, Vicente Olivert Riera wrote:
> Dear Thomas Petazzoni,
> 
> On 09/07/2015 02:16 PM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>> Arnout, Vicente,
>>
>> On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 14:15:58 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>>
>>>> +When you provide a new version of a patch, please mark the old one as
>>>> +superseded in http://patchwork.buildroot.org[patchwork].
>>>
>>>  It may be useful to add that it's necessary to create an account to be able to
>>> do that:
>>>
>>> You need to create an account on patchwork to be able to modify the status of
>>> your patches. Note that you can only change the status of patches you submitted
>>> yourself.
>>
>> And:
>>
>>  * More generally explain what is patchwork, and what it is doing
> 
> That's already included in the manual. See:
> 
> "Patchwork
> 
>     Patchwork is a web-based patch tracking system designed to
> facilitate the contribution and management of contributions to an
> open-source project. Patches that have been sent to a mailing list are
> 'caught' by the system, and appear on a web page. Any comments posted
> that reference the patch are appended to the patch page too. For more
> information on Patchwork see http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork/."

 BTW, I considered asking to add a link to that section, but in the end decided
it's not very useful.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
>>  * That the account must be created with an e-mail address matching the
>>    one used to submit the patches
> 
> Already included in v2:
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/515116/
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vincent.
> 
>>
>> Thomas
>>

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