Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] [3/4] Elevate handling of regressions that made it to releases deemed for end users

Jiri Kosina
2024-06-21T06:47:07Z

On Thu, 20 Jun 2024, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:

> Not totally against that, but the thing is: in a earlier local draft it
> used to be like that. And then I noticed that this will add another week
> when it comes to the merge window.

I'll be repeating myself, but I personally really don't like any such
strong timelines in kernel documentation.

You are increasing the pressure on maintainers for no benefit. Everybody
of course tries to get the regressions fixed as soon as possible once it's
identified.

Sometimes it takes longer, because it's complex. Sometimes people are on
holidays. Sometimes it just falls in between cracks, and people need
to be pinged to look into that.

Kernel documentation wording is not going to stop any of that.

Also it might be setting unrealistic expectations at the user/reporter
side.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs