Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method

Jani Nikula
2016-01-26T15:06:37Z

On Tue, 26 Jan 2016, Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 11:10 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>>> Different subsystems and drivers have different preferred ways of
>>> receiving bug reports; mailing list or bugzillas at various
>>> locations. Add "B:" entry for specifying the preference to guide bug
>>> reporters at the right location.
>> []
>>> v2: drop the B: entry for i915 due to bikeshedding, let's see if there's
>>> a chance this B: entry sticks in general
>> []
>>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>>> index 30aca4aa5467..c9da3a2af398 100644
>>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>>> @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
>>> L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
>>> W: Web-page with status/info
>>> Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site
>>> + B: Preferred method for reporting bugs; bug tracking system site
>>> + or "List" for mailing list.
>>
>> I think that "List" is not a good idea.
>>
>> Intermixing mailing list email addresses and URLs seems
>> odd and inconsistent.
>>
>> Maybe there could be something like the "T:" and "S:"
>> entries where some additional qualifier is used for the
>> specific type of bug reporting.
>
> Yeah, if B: is present, use the given URL for bug reporting.
> If not use the mailinglist... :-)

B: not being present, the status quo, could mean either the list or
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/, depending on the driver/subsystem.

I'd also like to encourage people to add URLs like

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=ACPI&component=BIOS

here to immediately lead the bug reporter to the correct product and
component in the bug tracker.

BR,
Jani.

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center