On Tue, 26 Jan 2016, Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 11:10 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: >>> Different subsystems and drivers have different preferred ways of >>> receiving bug reports; mailing list or bugzillas at various >>> locations. Add "B:" entry for specifying the preference to guide bug >>> reporters at the right location. >> [] >>> v2: drop the B: entry for i915 due to bikeshedding, let's see if there's >>> a chance this B: entry sticks in general >> [] >>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS >>> index 30aca4aa5467..c9da3a2af398 100644 >>> --- a/MAINTAINERS >>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS >>> @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Descriptions of section entries: >>> L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area >>> W: Web-page with status/info >>> Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site >>> + B: Preferred method for reporting bugs; bug tracking system site >>> + or "List" for mailing list. >> >> I think that "List" is not a good idea. >> >> Intermixing mailing list email addresses and URLs seems >> odd and inconsistent. >> >> Maybe there could be something like the "T:" and "S:" >> entries where some additional qualifier is used for the >> specific type of bug reporting. > > Yeah, if B: is present, use the given URL for bug reporting. > If not use the mailinglist... :-) B: not being present, the status quo, could mean either the list or https://bugzilla.kernel.org/, depending on the driver/subsystem. I'd also like to encourage people to add URLs like https://bugzilla.kernel.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=ACPI&component=BIOS here to immediately lead the bug reporter to the correct product and component in the bug tracker. BR, Jani. -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
