notmuch::patch
-Patches that are for discussion, rather than proposed for master should be tagged:
+Patches that are for discussion, rather than proposed for master
+should also be tagged:
notmuch::wip is "work in progress", posted for review or comment.
notmuch::moreinfo waiting for feedback from patch proposer
or others
- notmuch::stale The patch no longer applies to master (or in
- rare cases, to release)
+ notmuch::stale The patch no longer applies to master (or in
+ rare cases, to release)
+
+Note that these tags typically apply to whole series of patches; it
+doesn't usually make sense to apply patches later in the series before
+earlier ones. So a patch may be tagged `moreinfo` or `stale` only
+because a predecessor patch is.
+
### Bug tracking tag
So far we are just tagging certain messages as bug reports, meaning
tag:notmuch::reviewed and not tag:notmuch::pushed
+See the [[status|http://nmbug.tethera.net/status]] page for more
+example searches.
+
## Design notes
### Disk format