Re: [patch 2/2] Documentation/process: Add tip tree handbook

Dan Williams
2018-11-08T17:19:48Z

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 1:13 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 08:40:12AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > + - Cc: ``cc-ed-person <person@mail>``
> > > +
> > > + If the patch should be backported to stable, then please add a '``Cc:
> > > + stable@vger.kernel.org``' tag, but do not Cc stable when sending your
> > > + mail.
> >
> > Can I suggest a more canonical form:
> >
> > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.18 and later kernels
> >
> > It would be nice if people adding Cc: stable lines would actually try to
> > figure out which exact kernel versions are affected.

I know at least StGit mail does not grok that "#"notation. I've
stopped using it in favor of a "Fixes:" tag. I would think "Fixes:" is
preferred over "# <KVER>" if only because it can be used to track
fixes to commits that have been backported to stable. Is there any
reason for "# <KVER>" to continue in a world where we have "Fixes:"?