README.devel: clarify patch rules and syntax

Patches should follow kernel style and have Signed-Off-By:

Signed-off-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Michal Koutný 2025-02-21 10:29:27 +01:00 committed by Stephen Hemminger
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Iproute2 development is closely tied to Linux kernel networking
development. Most new features require a kernel and a utility component.
Please submit both to the Linux networking mailing list
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Please submit both kernel and iproute changes to the Linux networking mailing list
<netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Patch submitting rules are similar to the kernel.
See:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html
The current source for the stable version is in the git repository:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git
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The iproute2-next repository tracks the code intended for the next
release; it corresponds with networking development tree (net-next)
in the kernel.
Patches should be prefixed with iproute2 or iproute2-next as appropriate.
For example:
Subject: [PATCH iproute2-next] ip: fix syntax for rules