From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3873BC47420 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 08:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100E82074B for ; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 08:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731724AbgJAIue (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Oct 2020 04:50:34 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33892 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725921AbgJAIud (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Oct 2020 04:50:33 -0400 Received: from wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de (wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de [IPv6:2a01:488:42:1000:50ed:8234::]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5704AC0613D0; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 01:50:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ip4d14bc8c.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.20.188.140] helo=truhe.fritz.box); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1kNuIJ-0004V4-Kj; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:50:31 +0200 From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 25/26] docs: reporting-bugs: explain things could be easier Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 10:50:31 +0200 Message-Id: <42d0e4956abf7ea2b0ea15f56afb1720a11739f1.1601541165.git.linux@leemhuis.info> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.26.2 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1601542233;b2c84081; X-HE-SMSGID: 1kNuIJ-0004V4-Kj Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A few closing words to explain why things are like this until someone steps up to make things easier for people. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis --- Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst index 8f60af27635b..42f59419263a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst @@ -1458,6 +1458,15 @@ But don't worry too much about all of this, a lot of drivers have active maintainers who are quite interested in fixing as many issues as possible. +Closing words +============= + +Compared with other Free/Libre & Open Source Software it's hard to reporting +issues to the Linux kernel developers: the length and complexity of this +document and the implications between the lines illustrate that. But that's how +it is for now. The main author of this text hopes documenting the state of the +art will lay some groundwork to improve the situation over time. + .. ############################################################################ .. Temporary marker added while this document is rewritten. Sections above .. are new and dual-licensed under GPLv2+ and CC-BY 4.0, those below are old. -- 2.26.2