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=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 143CBC433ED for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:31:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94C5610D0 for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232356AbhDHRb1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Apr 2021 13:31:27 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net ([45.79.88.28]:56784 "EHLO ms.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231716AbhDHRb0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Apr 2021 13:31:26 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE0D852BA; Thu, 8 Apr 2021 17:31:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net BE0D852BA DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1617903074; bh=66Am5knCsMXAUCPM0lk6QauZKtVFb00wrB+5laBJ1U0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=WdVW59NmkBQ5ljvolEKj2hdKTzVbjsG/1OXko/YM/ujOp2T0r4692OXpPYQsskfZn pkwtVm+7Lq0FpvBtlX+oIKAQFo/iW2xD+8M2k3+nsUTRqTSUx1ovbgnMMBrf5J7jD2 oWhyY8COcIsDLFZN/bvmbsyTOjM8FQFd1iXSzzsHsg1qsWBVppDr0fhfNius3S8AlA wmENJWyzzIXrDwQrnZkVNm9B4hKcuWxgRaUfk6/Q4Sv7HxK7twN3HBNfkCMZVHZ8p4 Q0+KK19FKI7z9nhMONQdmsReoDeD4JzNEFH6Of+qv7gEiyednfbeT78Vr77amKJ1+F DdFDmaTUbN+NQ== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Thorsten Leemhuis , Greg KH , Linus Torvalds Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] docs: reporting-issues: make everyone CC the regressions list In-Reply-To: <813fc7b082a4b47ec6d34542971e9bba74fd4a51.1617786974.git.linux@leemhuis.info> References: <813fc7b082a4b47ec6d34542971e9bba74fd4a51.1617786974.git.linux@leemhuis.info> Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:31:14 -0600 Message-ID: <87im4wznrx.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thorsten Leemhuis writes: > +In case you performed a successful bisection, use the title of the chang= e that > +introduced the regression as the second part of your subject. Make the r= eport > +also mention the commit=C2=A0id of the culprit. For tracking purposes, a= dd a line > +like the following that contains both pieces of information, but with the > +commit=C2=A0id shortened to 12 characters:: > + > + #regzb introduced: 94a632d91ad1 ("usc: xhbi-foo: check bar_params ea= rlier") > + > +In case of an unsuccessful bisection, make your report mention the lates= t tested > +version that's working fine (say 5.7) and the oldest where the issue occ= urs (say > +5.8-rc1). For tracking purposes add a line expressing it like this:: > + > + #regzb introduced: v5.7..v5.8-rc1 I kind of share Greg's concern that people aren't going to want to do this; it could even be seen as an impediment to reporting problems in general. If you *really* want random users to input this sort of information, you may well end up creating some sort of web page to step them through it. Also, though, as I understand it the system that will interpret these lines does not yet exist. Experience tells me that, as this system comes into existence, you will have a good chance of deciding that you want the syntax to look different anyway. So I would personally hold off on telling people to include directives like this until you have something that works with them. But that's just me... if this is the way it's going to work then the docs should of course reflect that. Thanks, jon