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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
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 <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] docs: add two texts covering regressions
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Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> writes:

> "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 patches change
> this by creating two documents 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.

Hearing no objections, I have applied this set, thanks.

jon