From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966546AbcAZPGh (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:06:37 -0500 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:26022 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966302AbcAZPGe (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:06:34 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.22,350,1449561600"; d="scan'208";a="901439772" From: Jani Nikula To: Richard Weinberger , Joe Perches Cc: LKML , intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, Daniel Vetter , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo References: <1453799451-19300-1-git-send-email-jani.nikula@intel.com> <1453819327.28952.93.camel@perches.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+34~g7dd0d52 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:05:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87io2gtm7y.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 26 Jan 2016, Richard Weinberger wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Joe Perches 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. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center