On 10.05.24 20:34, Karel Balej wrote: > Update the handling-regressions guide to recommend using "Closes:" tags > rather than "Link:" when referencing fixed reports. The latter was used > originally but now is only recommended when the given patch only fixes > part of the issue, as described in submitting-patches. Briefly mention > that and also note that regzbot currently doesn't make a distinction. > > Also fix a typo. > > Signed-off-by: Karel Balej <balejk@xxxxxxxxx> Many thx for this, much appreciated. Looks good! Acked-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> One quick note: > > What's important when fixing regressions > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > @@ -112,10 +115,16 @@ remember to do what Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst, > :ref:`Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst <development_posting>`, and > Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst already explain in more detail: > > - * Point to all places where the issue was reported using "Link:" tags:: > + * Point to all places where the issue was reported using "Closes:" tags:: > > - Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/30th.anniversary.repost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > - Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234567890 > + Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/30th.anniversary.repost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > + Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234567890 > + > + If you are only fixing part of the issue, you may use "Link:" instead as > + described in the first document mentioned above. Not totally sure if... > Some maintainers may even > + prefer it over "Closes:" entirely, although the latter is generally > + recommended. ...this sentence really should be here, but whatever. > regzbot currently treats both of these equivalently and > + considers the linked reports as resolved. > Thx again! Ciao, Thorsten