From 8815eefb0d6218661794a58008e1144a77d3394f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Hieber Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:00:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] contributor-guide: style-guide: discourage using Pending patch status Suggested-by: Michael Opdenacker Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin (From yocto-docs rev: 4924c900582aaa803b003e10e48fc4a4373f6a77) Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst index e03b8ff2ba..a005aa3247 100644 --- a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst +++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst @@ -286,7 +286,14 @@ Then, you should also add an ``Upstream-Status:`` tag containing one of the following status strings: ``Pending`` - No determination has been made yet or not yet submitted to upstream. + No determination has been made yet, or patch has not yet been submitted to + upstream. + + Keep in mind that every patch submitted upstream reduces the maintainance + burden in OpenEmbedded and Yocto Project in the long run, so this patch + status should only be used in exceptional cases if there are genuine + obstacles to submitting a patch upstream; the reason for that should be + included in the patch. ``Submitted [where]`` Submitted to upstream, waiting for approval. Optionally include where