Commit 99eba4e5 authored by Jakub Kicinski's avatar Jakub Kicinski Committed by Paolo Abeni

docs: netdev: call out the merge window in tag checking

Add the most important case to the question about "where are we
in the cycle" - the case of net-next being closed.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarFlorian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
parent a3005973
...@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ Load the mainline (Linus) page here: ...@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ Load the mainline (Linus) page here:
and note the top of the "tags" section. If it is rc1, it is early in and note the top of the "tags" section. If it is rc1, it is early in
the dev cycle. If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release is the dev cycle. If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release is
probably imminent. probably imminent. If the most recent tag is a final release tag
(without an ``-rcN`` suffix) - we are most likely in a merge window
and ``net-next`` is closed.
How can I tell the status of a patch I've sent? How can I tell the status of a patch I've sent?
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