From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 520677D161 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 08:14:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728398AbfAUIOH (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:14:07 -0500 Received: from mx.kolabnow.com ([95.128.36.41]:39698 "EHLO mx.kolabnow.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727980AbfAUIOG (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:14:06 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by ext-mx-out002.mykolab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435E764D; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:14:04 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kolabnow.com; h= content-type:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :references:in-reply-to:message-id:date:date:subject:subject :from:from:received:received:received; s=dkim20160331; t= 1548058442; x=1549872843; bh=ZcGqDyYnPIWY6Q/Fdn0PVIGnfxTQl+CA7Kf W7eaitSg=; b=S8OtVsCQtcRZy9QB6omo3emE8RFWZEVsuGaGJ2IqyNiabe8O9tA OWXnWYetJns5aHGH3v+n/SdA+21apnlFEdAdb6A5I2ZE2tXEX3sLJO+b1kTJCHKd py/q3UMEnvblxfxtor+zr+tU3fmxWkQN0mHYEX3knGD5EwLbR61hv/6EHgXNEnhe 7juSMGwHA5yRZ8N3b0MikcIqPBaEstixsC58zHmwFDM9K12Iw7go4m0QdHzwSgjw grTbq5B4HEoPxVZJXfkh1VMy2ItDOlUwT6pf1Ekw9iwKzMULaTyIfwogsu9HrNMh 5mVoltsntfbYlskQ2fElaHFnNCggJ+ButpHYxXcZmWCavI5Ryh6F0uNPO5325Jyn q2T4281ptnJ2OCx6FuiBpJ1PgYTwFMU1BQeO3KdAJtBzaE8s9qCZ+CRBpeSbEuV3 jx19+/DiYjvjSjI5DeDUWKMOQ0qUiTXdoq3H25SK6NJf+1TFK/Sy3rDg15WO7HWJ DAcbX3b1aFQPhvuFHHN9G3hZfpgiYDD6KeLxpiIXhlFXdOw5oqAk5vZyiVocCBg4 PCkP7cxUfRaR9kBFkwtOdgx/ha9zM/QNQdeZhgMOHJD9y4keabD7xLuNR5by/C3l osIletEBKAFDEfThCZ5sWE0dTG0waFaGc4g6706uC74ViMk9sBxGu4UE= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mykolab.com Received: from mx.kolabnow.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ext-mx-out002.mykolab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NN53k5nGlcTT; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:14:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from int-mx002.mykolab.com (unknown [10.9.13.2]) by ext-mx-out002.mykolab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED817625; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:14:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from ext-subm002.mykolab.com (unknown [10.9.6.2]) by int-mx002.mykolab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 986361DA6; Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:14:02 +0100 (CET) From: Federico Vaga To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Greg KH , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc:process: remove note from 'stable api nonsense' Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:14:00 +0100 Message-ID: <53383524.y9DmdCAcNX@pcbe13614> In-Reply-To: <20190120184338.01cd4ef9@lwn.net> References: <20190118215804.3340-1-federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> <20190120184338.01cd4ef9@lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Monday, January 21, 2019 2:43:38 AM CET Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:58:04 +0100 > > Federico Vaga wrote: > > The link referred by the note can't be retrieved: this patch just > > remove that old note. > > > > Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga > > --- > > > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst | 3 +-- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst index > > 24f5aeecee91..57d95a49c096 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > @@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ is also a rough job. > > > > Simple, get your kernel driver into the main kernel tree (remember we > > are talking about GPL released drivers here, if your code doesn't fall > > > > -under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech > > -.) If your > > +under this category, good luck, you are on your own here, you leech). If > > your> > > driver is in the tree, and a kernel interface changes, it will be fixed > > up by the person who did the kernel change in the first place. This > > ensures that your driver is always buildable, and works over time, with > > I've applied this. I do wonder if the "you leech" should maybe come out > too, though. I don't think that parasitic worms are a protected class > under the CoC, but they might still suffer emotionally from being > compared to the purveyors of proprietary modules... I agree, do you want me to change the patch? > > jon -- Federico Vaga http://www.federicovaga.it/