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 563D5C433FE for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 14:01:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233232AbiACOBh (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2022 09:01:37 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:32856 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229531AbiACOBf (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jan 2022 09:01:35 -0500 Received: from sin.source.kernel.org (sin.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:40e1:4800::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6320C061761; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 06:01:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sin.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E89B0CE1102; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 14:01:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7DC19C36AED; Mon, 3 Jan 2022 14:01:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1641218492; bh=YFKYMANxHUBm2ZkV0SrjcH7TDlxFufpUx29gN13fwLg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=m5RM6ASmxjqaZYuKFqBFtLm+zqCxLYJ9pE273n2wa9O5qD9NuLzFcLThIe8h4w1jN M9HDjydI/d4w7i9DQsaxEUQFhZ/kplVhKeIPPy/c6IyEj785c6LKpmuQCTJhHxPUov sNOQyZWrynavuN76Y1tM5oamE05tSDo94kXvROFE= Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 15:01:29 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , workflows@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Randy Dunlap , Jonathan Corbet Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/2] docs: add a document dedicated to regressions Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 10:50:49AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > '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. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman