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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE1E6C55ABD for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:59:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98051221E9 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:59:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726735AbgKLR7f (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:59:35 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35218 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726716AbgKLR7d (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:59:33 -0500 Received: from wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de (wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de [IPv6:2a01:488:42:1000:50ed:8234::]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9227C061A48; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:59:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from ip4d145e30.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.20.94.48] helo=truhe.fritz.box); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1kdGsb-00076N-Cz; Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:59:29 +0100 From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 25/26] docs: reporting-bugs: explain things could be easier Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:59:02 +0100 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.28.0 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1605203970;46a1d46b; X-HE-SMSGID: 1kdGsb-00076N-Cz Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org A few closing words to explain why things are like this until someone steps up to make things easier. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis --- Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst index 446c02e94c93..592329afc2a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst @@ -1524,6 +1524,15 @@ But don't worry too much about all of this, a lot of drivers have active maintainers who are quite interested in fixing as many issues as possible. +Closing words +============= + +Compared with other Free/Libre & Open Source Software it's hard to report +issues to the Linux kernel developers: the length and complexity of this +document and the implications between the lines illustrate that. But that's how +it is for now. The main author of this text hopes documenting the state of the +art will lay some groundwork to improve the situation over time. + .. ############################################################################ .. Temporary marker added while this document is rewritten. Sections above .. are new and dual-licensed under GPLv2+ and CC-BY 4.0, those below are old. -- 2.28.0