On 09.10.23 16:17, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > On 07.10.23 13:44, Greg KH wrote: > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.18+ > > Which is the syntax described in Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst. This is wrong. The example in that file has "Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.4+" without the v. Still, looking at other commits, the syntax with leading v is common enough that it's worth handling. > I see now though that Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst has a slightly > different syntax: > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.3.x > > Perhaps your maintainer scripts can't handle both cases? > > FWIW, I've reached out multiple times about that the patches aren't suitable for > backports: > > - https://lore.kernel.org/all/6e3ad25c-1042-f786-6f0e-f71ae85aed6b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > - <a76406b2-4154-2de4-b1f5-43e86312d487@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (reply to linux-stable-commits) > - https://lore.kernel.org/all/7df69de2-1b3a-5226-7dc2-d1489e48f6a2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > - https://lore.kernel.org/all/e85da95c-5451-31ea-cae9-76d697fb548f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Yet, today I got an email[1] telling me that it's being added to v5.4.258-rc1, although > it had been dropped from v5.4.257-rc1 after I objected to it. > > So that looks like another potential avenue for improving the maintainer scripts. > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231009130131.263594775@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Thanks, > Ahmad > > >> >> thanks, >> >> greg k-h >> > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
