Hello, Am Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 09:08:06AM -0700 schrieb Jonathan Corbet: > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > It's unclear from "Submitting Patches" documentation that Reported-by > > is not supposed to be used against new features. (It's more clear > > in the section 5.4 "Patch formatting and changelogs" of the "A guide > > to the Kernel Development Process", where it suggests that change > > should fix something existing in the kernel. Clarify the Reported-by > > usage in the "Submitting Patches". > > > > Reported-by: Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx> > > You're sure this added documentation isn't a new feature that shouldn't > have a Reported-by? :) > > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 ++- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > index 31ea120ce531..24c1a5565385 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > > @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: > > The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it > > hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if > > the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the > > -Reported-by tag. > > +Reported-by tag. A new feature can't be reported since there is no code in the > > +kernel to fix. > > How about instead something like "Reported-by is intended for bugs; > please do not use it to credit feature requests"? What should be used for feature requests then? Suggested-by? Would it help to mention it here? Greets Alex
