Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 11:37 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > This is the start of the review cycle for the Linux 3.8.13.11 stable kernel. >>> >>> Would anybody be interested in adding some sort of "stable" tag to the >>> subject lines of stable backport patches, e.g., instead of: >>> >>> [PATCH 001/104] htb: fix sign extension bug >>> >>> something like: >>> >>> [STABLE 3.8.13.11 001/104] htb: fix sign extension bug >>> >>> I don't mind having the stable patches on LKML, but it would be nice >>> if it were easier to distinguish stable backports from new patches. I >>> know the patches are nicely threaded behind this message, but some >>> readers don't really pay attention to that. >> >> I agree that some distinction is needed, but I'm not convinced about >> that precise format. I don't think it's worth including version >> components after the stable base version e.g. 3.2. And I think that >> including the version is a big enough clue that this is for a stable >> branch and not mainline. >> >> So I've changed my review script to put a subject prefix of 'PATCH 3.2' >> before the patch number (and similarly in the cover letter). But if >> there's consensus that a more explicit tag is wanted then I'll follow >> that. > > Selfishly, I would just like something gmail can filter on. I've seen > an "X-Extended-Stable: 3.8" header, which would be perfect, except > that I can't figure out how to create a gmail filter for random > headers. So I was hoping for something stable-specific in the subject > line, but that's just to compensate for gmail's limitations. > > Bjorn I don't really mind changing the scripts we're currently using to make life easier for filtering, although I would expect that the extra 'X-Extended-Stable' header would do the job (this was the reason we added it in the first place). Since the only header that can be parsed is the 'Subject:', it's just a matter of agreeing on the format (personally, I don't have any strong opinion on this). Cheers, -- Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html