From: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
workflows@vger.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/2] docs: add a text about regressions to the Linux kernel's documentation
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 17:41:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d0c6929-721e-0887-20f0-b9922840504c@leemhuis.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YdhqNHI/f2B/SlcE@kroah.com>
On 07.01.22 17:28, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 03:21:00PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> 'We don't cause regressions' might be the first rule of Linux kernel
>> development, but it and other aspects of regressions nevertheless are hardly
>> described in the Linux kernel's documentation. The following two patches change
>> this by creating a document dedicated to the topic.
>>
>> The second patch could easily be folded into the first one, but was kept
>> separate, as it might be a bit controversial. This also allows the patch
>> description to explain some backgrounds for this part of the document.
>> Additionally, ACKs and Reviewed-by tags can be collected separately this way.
>>
>> v2/RFC:
>> - a lot of small fixes, most are for spelling mistakes and grammar
>> errors/problems pointed out in the review feedback I got so far
>> - add ACK for the series from Greg
>
> My ack seems not to be here :(
Huh, how did that happen? Sorry, thx for pointing it out, will be in v3.
> Also, this is a "real" series, no need for a RFC anymore, right?
I was taken a bit back-and-forth and then settled on calling this one
still RFC, as I was unsure if people Jon might want to wait on feedback
from Linus before they take
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-07 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-07 14:21 [RFC PATCH v2 0/2] docs: add a text about regressions to the Linux kernel's documentation Thorsten Leemhuis
2022-01-07 14:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/2] docs: add a document about regression handling Thorsten Leemhuis
2022-01-07 15:37 ` Matthias Brugger
2022-01-07 16:51 ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2022-01-07 17:44 ` Matthias Brugger
2022-01-10 11:40 ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2022-01-10 12:13 ` Matthias Brugger (SUSE)
2022-01-07 14:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/2] docs: regressions.rst: rules of thumb for handling regressions Thorsten Leemhuis
2022-01-07 16:28 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/2] docs: add a text about regressions to the Linux kernel's documentation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-01-07 16:41 ` Thorsten Leemhuis [this message]
2022-01-07 16:42 ` Thorsten Leemhuis
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