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The bot can do some basic housekeeping chores, such as automatically marking patches belonging to older versions of the series as "superseded." E.g. if a contributor sends "''[PATCH NN/30] Do foo to bar''", and then after that a new revision "''[PATCH NN/30 v2] Do foo to bar''", the bot can automatically mark the 30 patches belonging to the "''v1''" of the series as "superseded". In order to work, the following conditions must be met: | The bot can do some basic housekeeping chores, such as automatically marking patches belonging to older versions of the series as "superseded." E.g. if a contributor sends "''[PATCH NN/30] Do foo to bar''", and then after that a new revision "''[PATCH NN/30 v2] Do foo to bar''", the bot can automatically mark the 30 patches belonging to the "''v1''" of the series as "superseded". In order to work, the following conditions must be met: | ||
- | - It must be submitted by the same person | + | - It must be submitted by the same person |
- | - It must have the exact same series name (first patch or cover letter subject wording) | + | - It must have the exact same series name (first patch or cover letter subject wording) |
- | - It must be within the cutoff period of days specified. In other word, if the cutoff is 90 days and the new series comes in 4 months later, there will be no match | + | - It must be within the cutoff period of days specified. In other word, if the cutoff is 90 days and the new series comes in 4 months later, there will be no match |
Similarly, the bot can archive patches older than a certain period of time. | Similarly, the bot can archive patches older than a certain period of time. |