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

Joe Perches
2016-01-26T14:36:37Z

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.
>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
>
> ---
>
> v2: drop the B: entry for i915 due to bikeshedding, let's see if
> there's
> a chance this B: entry sticks in general
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> 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.
>   T: SCM tree type and location.
>      Type is one of: git, hg, quilt, stgit, topgit
>   S: Status, one of the following: