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From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] docs: process: submitting-patches: Clarify the
 Reported-by usage
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Date:   Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:08:06 -0700
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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> writes:

> It's unclear from "Submitting Patches" documentation that Reported-by
> is not supposed to be used against new features. (It's more clear
> in the section 5.4 "Patch formatting and changelogs" of the "A guide
> to the Kernel Development Process", where it suggests that change
> should fix something existing in the kernel. Clarify the Reported-by
> usage in the "Submitting Patches".
>
> Reported-by: Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>

You're sure this added documentation isn't a new feature that shouldn't
have a Reported-by? :)

> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index 31ea120ce531..24c1a5565385 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
>  The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it
>  hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future.  Please note that if
>  the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the
> -Reported-by tag.
> +Reported-by tag. A new feature can't be reported since there is no code in the
> +kernel to fix.

How about instead something like "Reported-by is intended for bugs;
please do not use it to credit feature requests"?

(i.e. I want the shed in green :)

Thanks,

jon