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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Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst

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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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