From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966309AbcAZOzX (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:55:23 -0500 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:14101 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933285AbcAZOzT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:55:19 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.22,350,1449561600"; d="scan'208";a="901433179" From: Jani Nikula To: Joe Perches , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, Daniel Vetter , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method In-Reply-To: <1453819327.28952.93.camel@perches.com> 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 16:55:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87lh7ctmp8.fsf@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 26 Jan 2016, 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. I meant the word "List" verbatim as a keyword, indicating the bugs should be reported to the list specified by "L:". > Maybe there could be something like the "T:" and "S:" > entries where some additional qualifier is used for the > specific type of bug reporting. Maybe we can have a kernel summit session about this, and maybe have a patch merged by mid-2017. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center