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To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
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From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/3] docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention other
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On 11.07.23 12:15, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2023, Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> wrote:
> [...]
>> +To delay pick up of patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, use the following
>> +format:
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after 4 weeks in mainline
>> +
>> +For any other requests related to patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, just
>> +add a note to the stable tag. This for example can be used to point out known
>> +problems:
>> +
>> +.. code-block:: none
>> +
>> +     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # see patch description, needs adjustments for >= 6.3
>> +
> 
> To me, this seems like promoting *any* free text after the #, making it
> harder to parse in scripts.
> 
> Of course, I'm only ever producing this, and never consuming, so if the
> manual reading is fine for the stable developers, who am I to argue.

I had similar concerns, to which Greg replied: ```my "script" is me
reviewing each patch :)```

FWIW, that was here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/2023061936-eatable-grumbling-f3c1@gregkh/

Ciao, Thorsten