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b4 tool integration with virtio spec patches

From: Parav Pandit
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:03:00 -0000

Hi All, short summary: virtio-dev and virtio-comment mailing lists are also now accessible at [1] and [2] to use with b4 tool [3]. OASIS lists are equally accessible as before. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/virtio-dev/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/virtio-comment/ [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git Details: We now have virtio-dev [1] and virtio-comment [2] mailing list accessible at lore.kernel.org for read access. This is in addition to they are being available at existing https://lists.oasis-open.org . Nothing changes for subscription etc at OASIS site. Web user interface of [1] and [2] is limited compared to OASIS one. For example, it doesn't show date/month wise emails like oasis list shows. But the additional web interface provides different benefit. The benefit is : it enables virtio spec devel workflow integration with tools like b4 [3]. This enables to do some automation and shared development for patches occur on dev & comment lists. 1. Anyone can now download and apply virtio spec patches with just 2 commands. 2. Acked-by, Reviewed-by etc tags automatically apply when used using b4. 3. Enables shared development Please use it as you find it useful. Thanks a lot, to Michael and Cornelia who dig their history emails, due to which history could be preserved at new platform. How to use it: (a) Install b4 tool $ yum/apt install -y b4 (b) Find the message id of the patch series of cover-letter (or of the first patch) (c) Download virtio spec patch series locally $ b4 am [email protected] For example, above is the message id of Michael's AQ series. (d) Apply the patches to local git tree. $ git am <saved_file.mbox> Regards, Parav Pandit