[LTP] [PATCH 1/1] doc/maintainer: Add policy for new functionality

[Cyril Hrubis]

Hi!
> Suggested-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> ---
>  doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt b/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt
> index c7bb47810..4e2b267ac 100644
> --- a/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt
> +++ b/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt
> @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ New test should
>    GPL-2.0-or-later; the licence for test (e.g. GPL-2.0) should not change
>    unless test is completely rewritten
>  * Old copyrights should be kept unless test is completely rewritten
> +* Tests for new functionality in mainline kernel should be merged after final
> +  release of kernel which contains that functionality (it's not enough when the
> +  feature gets into rc1, because it can be reverted in later rc if problematic).

Sounds reasonable to me, but ideally this should be acked by the rest of
the maintainers.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz