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 08144C433EF for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2022 16:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1348309AbiAGQlW (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2022 11:41:22 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46044 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S239952AbiAGQlU (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jan 2022 11:41:20 -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 EA041C061574; Fri, 7 Jan 2022 08:41:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from ip4d173d02.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.23.61.2] helo=[192.168.66.200]); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) id 1n5sIm-0001Bp-Gh; Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:41:16 +0100 Message-ID: <5d0c6929-721e-0887-20f0-b9922840504c@leemhuis.info> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 17:41:15 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.4.0 Content-Language: en-BS To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , workflows@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Jonathan Corbet , Randy Dunlap , Lukas Bulwahn References: From: Thorsten Leemhuis Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/2] docs: add a text about regressions to the Linux kernel's documentation In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1641573680;f673f3ac; X-HE-SMSGID: 1n5sIm-0001Bp-Gh Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 07.01.22 17:28, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 03:21:00PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> '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 two patches change >> this by creating a document 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. >> >> v2/RFC: >> - a lot of small fixes, most are for spelling mistakes and grammar >> errors/problems pointed out in the review feedback I got so far >> - add ACK for the series from Greg > > My ack seems not to be here :( Huh, how did that happen? Sorry, thx for pointing it out, will be in v3. > Also, this is a "real" series, no need for a RFC anymore, right? I was taken a bit back-and-forth and then settled on calling this one still RFC, as I was unsure if people Jon might want to wait on feedback from Linus before they take