On 05.04.24 04:54, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 05:56:58PM +0200, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote: >> >> I know, as I wrote that (as you likely remember). ;-) But it seems it's >> not well known; and maybe making it explicit that this can be used to >> convey a "DoNotBackport" message is supported as well. >> >> Guess I'll prepare a patch to do that then and we'll see how it goes >> from there. > > Maybe something like "ManualBackportOnly"instead? The basic idea is > that it's not that the commit should *never* be backported, but only > with human intervention where someone has specifically requested the > backport, perhaps with qualification test. I liked the idea at first, as it was more from the positive side of things. But a CC stable with a "# ManualBackportOnly" might sound like "I want this backported and handle that" to some developers and not what they want to express. After thinking about it for some time I went with "# no semi-automatic backport" for now. For details see: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c0a08b160b286e8c98549eedb37404c6e784cf8a.1712812895.git.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Ciao, Thorsten
