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Commit 99eba4e5 authored by Jakub Kicinski's avatar Jakub Kicinski Committed by Paolo Abeni
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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>
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......@@ -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
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?
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