From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76132C433E0 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B306198F for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230244AbhC3F7j (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Mar 2021 01:59:39 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41538 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229655AbhC3F7S (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Mar 2021 01:59:18 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7F76A6191B; Tue, 30 Mar 2021 05:59:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1617083958; bh=+5DO+lXCL5MeWGlG77YUtf/+D9Bht5ixm4alm8/c6S8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=GT+Qc6M4+0XVaboH0yUMU55OBIAmswUaSY+E9CiXcxK8SBW1Bzu5w0ezQWLFTe3Fp TQyHYWXLB0uqPQ6x7+4l+XMTSb1a+dGODNC5alxMldDFUeT6lZF3qw6ie0g7A+BKQ7 0u0Tsm2DR0k286T1aTdwSY7AC4BOimDM+K+4w4vI= Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 07:59:15 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis , ksummit , Sasha Levin , Randy Dunlap , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [1/5] reporting-issues: header and TLDR Message-ID: References: <6a220d2c-568e-2e41-53a4-0800e206d0a6@leemhuis.info> <14d9b8a3-94ce-00a6-a17b-934ffd999697@leemhuis.info> <87r1jxpol6.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87r1jxpol6.fsf@meer.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 04:44:21PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Thorsten Leemhuis writes: > > > FWIW, on another channel someone mentioned the process in the TLDR is > > quite complicated when it comes to regressions in stable and longterm > > kernels. I looked at the text and it seemed like a valid complaint, esp. > > as those regressions are something we really care about. > > > > To solve this properly I sadly had to shake up the text in this section > > completely and rewrite parts of it. Find the result below. I'm quite > > happy with it, as it afaics is more straight forward and easier to > > understand. And it matches the step-by-step guide better. And the best > > thing: it's a bit shorter than the old TLDR. > > I think this is much improved - concise is good! :) I really just have > one little comment... > > > I'll wait a day or two and then will send it through the regular review > > together with a few small other fixes that piled up for the text, just > > wanted to add it here for completeness. > > > > --- > > The short guide (aka TL;DR) > > =========================== > > > > Are you facing a regression with vanilla kernels from the same stable or > > longterm series? One still supported? Then search the `LKML > > `_ and the `Linux stable mailing list > > _` archives for matching reports to > > join. If you don't find any, install `the latest release from that > > series `_. If it still shows the issue, report it > > to the stable mailing list and the stable maintainers. > > If we really want this to be a short guide that gets people to the > answer quickly, we might as well put the addresses to report to right > here rather than making people search for them. "stable@vger.kernel.org" is good to use here, no need to also cc: any individuals for this type of thing. thanks, greg k-h