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Documentation/process/howto: Only send regression fixes after -rc1 

The original text was not clear if white space or other harmless patches
should be merged in -rc kernels.  The discussion at Kernel Summit said
that we should be more strict about sending regression fixes only.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -267,15 +267,16 @@ process is as follows:
is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information
can be found at https://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just
fine.
- After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push
only patches that do not include new features that could affect the
stability of the whole kernel. Please note that a whole new driver
(or filesystem) might be accepted after -rc1 because there is no
risk of causing regressions with such a change as long as the change
is self-contained and does not affect areas outside of the code that
is being added. git can be used to send patches to Linus after -rc1
is released, but the patches need to also be sent to a public
mailing list for review.
- After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and the focus is on making the
new kernel as rock solid as possible. Most of the patches at this point
should fix a regression. Bugs that have always existed are not
regressions, so only push these kinds of fixes if they are important.
Please note that a whole new driver (or filesystem) might be accepted
after -rc1 because there is no risk of causing regressions with such a
change as long as the change is self-contained and does not affect areas
outside of the code that is being added. git can be used to send
patches to Linus after -rc1 is released, but the patches need to also be
sent to a public mailing list for review.
- A new -rc is released whenever Linus deems the current git tree to
be in a reasonably sane state adequate for testing. The goal is to
release a new -rc kernel every week.