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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id m128-20020a633f86000000b00373598b51basi156528pga.566.2022.02.24.12.12.10; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:12:27 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@lwn.net header.s=20201203 header.b=J24vHSoq; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234129AbiBXT6g (ORCPT + 99 others); Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:58:36 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33534 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234120AbiBXT6f (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:58:35 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A59A186BB7; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:58:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 809255BF; Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:58:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 809255BF DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1645732684; bh=HVw2UezRrT65n15xUbRuzSJs4qGya2Y7XVmPXK4ePUs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=J24vHSoqtKXTkX0XKHbreOJXX8M6T4R5iQaMTNdBXNZInKPXCq81/TLB5bQyIEdQa 8C3depVw8nYGm9nvvfdklL2yqoOmsC4wnKxah01KJLoPyiJOkAqktCzEKVJtQQjanX D4jFNafOnvg21idha2Jfi86MrJnGYrqduUE85BfKHvJ1JQtgTWn3vQdK1HF4pXPSB1 lwkEm6OAC9J2XxFXTnjpl0rto1DYPTNaKCEWqzm9EkBIbRYYocha37oSv/x2YweUlm 5vaTf8szj9YR5t9j5VjAFmbUyHIm8Rd2rQU5Lo6lKQqVwl/XNC2EzjeuuoeGGUFPqK bIxBCtRJha47Q== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Thorsten Leemhuis , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Randy Dunlap , regressions@lists.linux.dev, Lukas Bulwahn Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] docs: add two texts covering regressions In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:58:03 -0700 Message-ID: <871qzskpf8.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thorsten Leemhuis writes: > "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 patches change > this by creating two documents 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. Hearing no objections, I have applied this set, thanks. jon