Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/2] MAINTAINERS: add regressions mailing list

Greg KH
2021-04-07T14:57:22Z

On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 12:51:43PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 07.04.21 11:56, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 11:21:55AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> >> Add the newly created regression mailing list finally created after it
> >> already had been agreed on during the maintainers summit 2017 (see
> >> https://lwn.net/Articles/738216/ ). The topic was recently discussed
> >> again, where an idea to create a broader list for all issues was
> >> discussed, but Linus preferred a more targeted list:
> >> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgiYqqLzsb9-UpfH+=ktk7ra-2fOsdc_ZJ7WF47wS73CA@mail.gmail.com/
> >>
> >> Hence, the creation for that list was asked for and granted:
> >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212557
> >>
> >> In the end it became regressions@lists.linux.dev instead of
> >> linux-regressions@lists.linux.dev as 'Linux' is redundant in the latter
> >> case.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
> >> ---
> >> I was a bit unsure how to add that list to MAINTAINERS. I considered
> >> adding a 'M:' with my name and email address there as well, but getting
> >> CCed on a lot of regression reports might be a bit much. I also left a
> >> 'S: supported' out, as that doesn't make much sense in this case afaics;
> >> and I checked, there are other entries that don't have those two (but
> >> it's rare).
> >
> > Put your name there, you are the "maintainer of regressions!" :)
>
> Okay, will do. :-D
>
> /me wonders why he suddenly feels like entering a self-made trap ;-)
>
> > [...]
> >> +REGRESSIONS
> >> +L: regressions@lists.linux.dev
> >> +K: regression
> >
> > A bit more information here perhaps? This will not really help anyone
> > out to know what to do.
>
> Did you mean a different headline for the entry? Or would you suggest
> to use a webpage (W:) for that or a Subsystem Profile document (P:)
> here? Using either of the two latter was the plan, but for now I'm a bit
> unsure what to write there except maybe "Thorsten is working on a
> semi-automatic solution for tracking Linux kernel regressions. Details
> will follow. For now report regressions as outlined in
> reporting-issues.rst; but in case you have any problem or think there is
> a regressions not handled appropriately by the maintainers, get him
> involved, he'll try to help".
>
> Or did you have something totally different in mind?

Well, "K: regression" is not a regex, so that's not going to
really help much.

How about something simple like:
KERNEL REGRESSIONS:
M: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
L: regressions@lists.linux.dev
S: Supported

That looks a bit more like other entries, has a name and a list and a
state of your status for this work.

Would that work?

thanks,

greg k-h