From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41298225415; Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757446977; cv=none; b=HIkG5Q0c6nRDNFv5vLXL+AeHitiw34vYu2YVTZnWZHNkdVWsUhGmACkefKuU53BGnWT/CXPWD+KTfRomNpdfrmzsEz8Aa3kBhdFx9Am2NZKjJnRFXmA72HUxfsnwLV+EDO8TY3UPYPTPzo2hSU9JTLGyVheAJ+p9JwJ9crZzG3w= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757446977; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ti5QOpFHf/n7c+UCz62PEDL5vM5Vf4UerlJDYJXS41g=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=KmCS+GI2aprC320hKx+BiHe2NokQ3/sUeT+evrplKQp4KPsVHbVum3Kx0H6oplTddzW6wmysGBSwlYW2MQgGYz0QUrlQqjbAi/WiDyj4aMLzyqwE0rJVl+/RTKovjaIf3gh7F1/TmpCRukP9YzYM0FsDJbBP9jC6WDDRpAIUpww= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=bs06K1/T; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="bs06K1/T" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 7955840AF9 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1757446975; bh=7/CUT3fdxoFsxgsuIRLoX3oaraJL+SMcnbFEHKXJQsI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=bs06K1/TETFleQKZ8jcR2IISc7NHTmQWL2xeWSfHUVxnTVBeGj2mCaNPHe1nj3ypR 9cb/hOmUhu/kBcMki7gSbPkzeyc2lokNtpQNjnr4FPlwdQJYeousozF5GKZT8Rt4TW 9W5wYQnV19soLeIWCIjp0poYUP8eSB3ku3c+8ECWHZzNkoLYQJDkkqAGaILqhu3B5y ZOeC+UdA3iIgW7rLK3jMMtFBmjHjwbBCv2dtSSl7TkI/2gUuCp9ohqzjWePcycG0S/ yIppT/pmk1bXLg3oAAqh7CUe6CY9+7m9fsBJrgHaH5/9B5O8+91v9qdAv51yxHFTR2 WDAaE/VDNmT8Q== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:2da9::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7955840AF9; Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:42:55 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: adjust Fixes definition slightly In-Reply-To: <20250904144533.2146576-1-kuba@kernel.org> References: <20250904144533.2146576-1-kuba@kernel.org> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:42:54 -0600 Message-ID: <87cy7zv2dd.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Jakub Kicinski 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 > --- > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) You are an optimist :) I've applied this, thanks. jon