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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: adjust Fixes definition slightly
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:42:54 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cy7zv2dd.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250904144533.2146576-1-kuba@kernel.org>

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:

> Every now and then people send stylistic patches and use Fixes
> purely to refer to a commit which added the ugly or unnecessary
> code. Reword the docs about Fixes.
>
> It should hopefully be enough to lead with the word "bug"
> rather than "issue". We can add more verbiage later, tho, let's
> try the word swap first. I always feel like the more words the
> smaller the chance someone will actually read the docs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

You are an optimist :)

I've applied this, thanks.

jon

      reply	other threads:[~2025-09-09 19:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-04 14:45 [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: adjust Fixes definition slightly Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-09 19:42 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]

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