From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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 250F7C433EF for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:54:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S239502AbiA0SyC (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:54:02 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55808 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232813AbiA0SyC (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:54:02 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49B3DC061714; Thu, 27 Jan 2022 10:54:02 -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 076B237C; Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:54:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 076B237C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1643309642; bh=jtk/KW+m1IYL06hk5WX5d6y8yOstM3j8jRuf438cZ5w=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=LfYJQ5qH671bolRDkVUx5Jka9GmV8s9BWDtBhu5ot9FYvIJ//RLhKItmYhoaOu4LP YUiUC9WsmK1wZ+PP7mJemvWQjDs2CvwrONLllC21Sf/Q97OL5DjmTdStL0ACgTYbcM tmoEqhbvmClTDWAOL2cmjHb6BjaUmnnBRiWBQVhH1UrWtIaOvOQlJpVClq2Q1LN/Y8 L5z0RlGz6s5H2BBh77TiHDqu12WMeiUUh61uP/DbatrVigc3ILU1+edVEE8klFs0A3 fXWdnxgNpnT3MT1KjyoWv/qbTsAe1jYuYMqcLE4LC/uHrnXvooRBkOYlOBjpsIUDzM 1WfM3vb6nSHDQ== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Randy Dunlap , Andy Shevchenko , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Florian Eckert Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: process: submitting-patches: Clarify the Reported-by usage In-Reply-To: <1e2e99f6-e9bf-7d93-9629-3d70275c77f4@infradead.org> References: <20220127163258.48482-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> <1e2e99f6-e9bf-7d93-9629-3d70275c77f4@infradead.org> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:54:33 -0700 Message-ID: <87h79pqaae.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Randy Dunlap writes: > On 1/27/22 08:32, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> 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 >> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko >> --- >> v2: rephrased as suggested by Jonathan >> 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..fb496b2ebfd3 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. The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit >> +feature requests. >> > > LGTM. > Although it could refer to Suggested-by. :) > > Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Applied, thanks. jon