Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: Add Researcher Guidelines

Randy Dunlap
2022-03-04T17:20:50Z

On 3/4/22 09:16, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 09:19:24AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>> Hmm, the intro for "Documentation/admin-guide/" states that "The
>>> following manuals are written for users of the kernel", but the added
>>> text afaics providing nothing regular users care about. So wouldn't it
>>> be better if this lived below Documentation/process/ ? It might not a
>>> really good fit either, but I'd say it's the better place.
>>>
>>> But well, the best person to know is Jonathan, who is listed as a
>>> Co-developer above, so maybe I'm wrong my suggestion is a bad one.
>>
>> I started in process/ and eventually settled on admin-guide/ since that's
>> basically the "front page". But I agree, there isn't an obviously correct
>> place for it.
>
> Sorry, been a bit distracted...when we were working on this I was more
> focused on the text than the location. My own feeling is that
> Documentation/process is a better place for this - that's where we tell
> the world how to work with the kernel community, after all. I'm not
> going to dig in my heels and fight about it, but that's my sense.
>
> Otherwise, it kind of seems like this is ready to go in. I'd like to
> apply it before the merge window; lemme know where you want it in the
> end and we can get it done.

There is a v2 of this patch, but yes, it should be in process/ IMO also.

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~Randy