Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:22f:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id 15csp273164pxk; Thu, 1 Oct 2020 01:53:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyV74rz4M6UwLE6eejkQ2DLz7ETZmo/Ip95CFxavLIwkyEPnosPsL1ftoKn+Nly5Ee8dd3j X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:4d03:: with SMTP id r3mr1823906eju.364.1601542402974; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 01:53:22 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1601542402; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=0618vxtFJ6zCUJga2zwm3cJiCX20614Lwicj28GCsKE20yp5unmu2UQlXWyPE4yH/6 nqavN5Zb2GzCBNtUtJuJMpGN7xd0bnoJXdcR4cNQ38Sav3vPR4rUbu0iLlJ1JnftIauI XKRemoVxPnr9pi048TDTcr4Oq7nZkD/xgv1d3g8y6Uqs59+ikjl+LZ0IwrI5jmSEKZMI nqfkxZtv1OmJGXRQVRnP0wtAiY+Y+iyI/fbTVRpDejSPx5l1DxtWUROX9PMr/U76Z0/n 7W44mM7YpSteJqCZRNCaNteUpN9c70pR0lz202hXCWMaYb9FtDkUnSPLVENXY5Ag0OEf uFdg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :references:in-reply-to:message-id:date:subject:cc:to:from; bh=YsRbAOJETmx2TcTMiSpJ+HIXM0jHoSO/9G/hV1Fu7Aw=; b=zXY09VCYKVoiLSrkD1mRWSEI1VTBK6ggJrYfzbm1A4smmj9V4QN/mbXuFTsS7OdgBr Uij1rc0K9xh3BLUTZRdomXHqlLKc+zHm1q1+U+CJfuMnzujuCFLDILUDpXGNSlqIl1Py AYODG9GyKr8XrgsyeaRJzcI44aIPp+GWGAdKUC4bTHDnYxzs59FWvfHH1dZZGeNt87mG oJ6Ew4XOnKg5UVVSYfDc6dZQn6w5ENIFj87vpBzSrU6M5uoEHYd8J1upBvtaPFDNk+JI d602JEgIkw0q0Beq7X7oMLDr2aXCqoL57+Rx7ACqkhDKNH0bTRVd7Z/l3jGpnnytD9IC kEaw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i20si333750ejh.16.2020.10.01.01.53.00; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 01:53:22 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731708AbgJAIud (ORCPT + 99 others); Thu, 1 Oct 2020 04:50:33 -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