Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/3] docs: stable-kernel-rules: add delayed backporting option and a few tweaks

Thorsten Leemhuis
2023-07-12T09:30:42Z

On 10.07.23 21:51, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 07:10:10PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> This is a RFC and a bit rough for now. I only set down to create the
>> first of the three patches. But while doing so I noticed a few things
>> that seemed odd for me with my background on writing and editing texts.
>> So I just quickly performed a few additional changes to fix those to see
>> if the stable team would appreciate them, as this document is clearly
>> their domain.
>>
>> If those changes or even the initial patch are not welcomed, I'll simply
>> drop them. I'd totally understand this, as texts like these are delicate
>> and it's easy to accidentlly change the intent or the meaning while
>> adjusting things in good faith.
>>
>> At the same time I might be willing to do a few more changes, if people
>> like the direction this takes and want a bit more fine tuning.
>
> I do like it, many thanks for taking the time to do this work, it's much
> appreciated.
>
> If you resend the first 2 as a non-RFC patch,

BTW: thx again for your uplifting feedback! And in case anyone missed
it, I send those two patches out yesterday here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1689056247.git.linux@leemhuis.info/

> the last one needs some more work as mentioned.

I have that one in a separate branch now and spitted into four patches;
the first three basically move text around, which results in a much
cleaner diff for the last patch that contains actual content changes.
While working on the latter I noticed one more thing:

```
.. warning::
The -stable-rc tree is a snapshot in time of the stable-queue
tree and
will change frequently, hence will be rebased often. It should
only be
used for testing purposes (e.g. to be consumed by CI systems).
```

That sounded a bit odd to me, as it will scare people away that want to
test stable -rc's using git; and I think it doesn't match current
practices. I'll thus likely change the text to something like this,
unless I'm missing something or someone has a better idea:
```
.. warning::
The branches in the -stable-rc tree are rebased each time a new -rc
is released, as they are created by taking the latest release and
applying the patches from the stable-queue on top.
```

Ciao, Thorsten