docs: add information about reviewing patches

Reviewed-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
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Brian Paul
2015-05-26 11:30:22 -06:00
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@@ -266,6 +266,31 @@ re-sending the whole series). Using --in-reply-to makes
it harder for reviewers to accidentally review old patches.
</p>
<h3>Reviewing Patches</h3>
<p>
When you've reviewed a patch on the mailing list, please be unambiguous
about your review. That is, state either
<pre>
Reviewed-by: Joe Hacker &lt;jhacker@foo.com&gt;
</pre>
or
<pre>
Acked-by: Joe Hacker &lt;jhacker@foo.com&gt;
</pre>
Rather than saying just "LGTM" or "Seems OK".
</p>
<p>
If small changes are suggested, it's OK to say something like:
<pre>
With the above fixes, Reviewed-by: Joe Hacker &lt;jhacker@foo.com&gt;
</pre>
which tells the patch author that the patch can be committed, as long
as the issues are resolved first.
</p>
<h3>Marking a commit as a candidate for a stable branch</h3>
<p>