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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-05-13 17:33:48 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-05-13 17:33:48 -0700
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Merge tag 'x86-misc-2024-05-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull tip tree documentation update from Ingo Molnar: - Update the -tip maintainers merge policy document wrt merge window timing * tag 'x86-misc-2024-05-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: Documentation/maintainer-tip: Clarify merge window policy
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@@ -409,20 +409,20 @@ See :ref:`resend_reminders`.
Merge window
^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Please do not expect large patch series to be handled during the merge
-window or even during the week before. Such patches should be submitted in
-mergeable state *at* *least* a week before the merge window opens.
-Exceptions are made for bug fixes and *sometimes* for small standalone
-drivers for new hardware or minimally invasive patches for hardware
-enablement.
+Please do not expect patches to be reviewed or merged by tip
+maintainers around or during the merge window. The trees are closed
+to all but urgent fixes during this time. They reopen once the merge
+window closes and a new -rc1 kernel has been released.
+
+Large series should be submitted in mergeable state *at* *least* a week
+before the merge window opens. Exceptions are made for bug fixes and
+*sometimes* for small standalone drivers for new hardware or minimally
+invasive patches for hardware enablement.
During the merge window, the maintainers instead focus on following the
upstream changes, fixing merge window fallout, collecting bug fixes, and
allowing themselves a breath. Please respect that.
-The release candidate -rc1 is the starting point for new patches to be
-applied which are targeted for the next merge window.
-
So called _urgent_ branches will be merged into mainline during the
stabilization phase of each release.