Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0237DC4332F for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 09:50:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231398AbiACJuz (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2022 04:50:55 -0500 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 S232433AbiACJuy (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2022 04:50:54 -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 9ABEAC061784; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 01:50:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from ip4d173d02.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.23.61.2] helo=truhe.fritz.box); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1n4JzP-0003R8-UV; Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:50:51 +0100 From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Randy Dunlap , Jonathan Corbet Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 0/2] docs: add a document dedicated to regressions Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 10:50:49 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.31.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1641203454;75434bdf; X-HE-SMSGID: 1n4JzP-0003R8-UV Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 'We don't cause regressions' might be the first rule of kernel development, but it and other aspects of regressions nevertheless are hardly described in the Linux kernel's documentation. These patches change this by creating a document dedicated to the topic. The second patch could easily be folded into the first one, but I kept it separate, as it might be a bit controversial. This also allows the patch description to explain some backgrounds for this part of the text. Additionally, ACKs and Reviewed-by tags can be collected separately this way. v1/RFC: - initial version Thorsten Leemhuis (2): docs: add a document about regression handling docs: regressions.rst: rules of thumb for handling regressions Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/admin-guide/regressions.rst | 947 ++++++++++++++++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 1 + 3 files changed, 949 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/regressions.rst base-commit: b36064425a18e29a3bad9c007b4dd1223f8aadc5 -- 2.31.1