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Date:   Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:31:45 +0100
From:   Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        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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Hello,

Am Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 09:08:06AM -0700 schrieb Jonathan Corbet:
> 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"?

What should be used for feature requests then? Suggested-by? Would it
help to mention it here?

Greets
Alex