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

[Mike Frysinger]

On 11 Dec 2021 16:19, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> Sure, this can wait :).

seems fine
-mike
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