From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH docs] docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:35:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mt0djc5b.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230630171550.128296-1-kuba@kernel.org>
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:
> Having "how to submit patches" in MAINTAINTERS seems out of place.
> We have a whole section of documentation about it, duplication
> is harmful and a lot of the text looks really out of date.
>
> Sections 1, 2 and 4 look really, really old and not applicable
> to the modern process.
>
> Section 3 is obvious but also we have build bots now.
>
> Section 5 is a bit outdated (diff -u?!). But I like the part
> about factoring out shared code, so add that to process docs.
>
> Section 6 is unnecessary?
>
> Section 7 is covered by more appropriate docs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> ---
> Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst | 7 ++
> MAINTAINERS | 80 +----------------------
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
jon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-03 14:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-30 17:15 [PATCH docs] docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS Jakub Kicinski
2023-06-30 17:51 ` Jonathan Corbet
2023-06-30 18:39 ` Dan Williams
2023-06-30 18:06 ` Kees Cook
2023-06-30 22:14 ` Randy Dunlap
2023-07-03 14:35 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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