Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:16a7:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id gp39csp548642pxb; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:01:59 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz57egDyLHlxlJyStZPUFD1Y4zMWe56SMizK1uoyuq/PZ03cwGJ+aAitw+/1EVw6PNi7D1n X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:31b6:: with SMTP id dj22mr1079880edb.348.1605204119531; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:01:59 -0800 (PST) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1605204119; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=W+M7t3cI31BAfamiYylpevNCYLx8CGjT4IX/Qx+d1XPPMbDoJV6R82jObtF0OQ4WhY fhNvLPsSq25nNG6WUPDg/NZj8K+hPJ+q4CsXESJ6fVgt0Krk7ByemWhn1vT4leCBJQIM CITslKEzb3M3z5aNSTiXqu/kg/5ZJlsA3MX3JJp82X61+mNXiW5RQ8rrVE2R58xXjcCa 77VeTEVkjlpUvUqsx5kO2FpMcrgZZqiTTH0QWbY9b6GzDJ1IBeWyR2+NGp1laUmURyOd eJ+AAMdSXrCLTXKfVarP36Tt89OcI+JaIJR2dDoxCvLOWoFOvY12+twy95NCZ5xTWcQv sZVw== 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=qHQH5PBaV8IsAZCicwcq/V5g2NLN6u7c7XbRN6fm0lU=; b=xF2XPiL6s41jFeBKlqmnfUpplExBx1X5qx4GtLu+qvkR6lqkTRn3AFekuG1iVDdGE8 ju6Y0dVhWg7bTfZhHp5tqa8vKGsTm/z8Wd7PRSeTPaHaJy7UrsKVN/3+4WvVIfLWiRr5 RTJVdmUGi1APect2snWIhAvFsjXyfJgE2HRQKVJwtzaNP747mhbRPn592N9MgRBff/ZC MJ6OCO/l8Un0QeSfcECvSXEkHC71a1FgrW/2XssePTHq9rq+JhqYeeJ7bmccnAVf4K60 PrDlJVyM0Zhd7kHsctWEwCDsc3GBLbrY3MwITB0Qij2tjoAw7kJLLBE7jIkb0CqvwMf7 DwVA== 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 u11si4588131edr.4.2020.11.12.10.01.36; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:01:59 -0800 (PST) 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 S1726751AbgKLR7i (ORCPT + 99 others); Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:59:38 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35218 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726716AbgKLR7d (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:59:33 -0500 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 A9227C061A48; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:59:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from ip4d145e30.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.20.94.48] helo=truhe.fritz.box); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1kdGsb-00076N-Cz; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:59:29 +0100 From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 25/26] docs: reporting-bugs: explain things could be easier Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:59:02 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.28.0 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1605203970;46a1d46b; X-HE-SMSGID: 1kdGsb-00076N-Cz 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. 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 446c02e94c93..592329afc2a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst @@ -1524,6 +1524,15 @@ 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 report +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. -- 2.28.0