'We don't cause regressions' might be the first rule of Linux kernel development, but it and other aspects of regressions nevertheless are hardly described in the Linux kernel's documentation. The following two patches change this by creating a document dedicated to the topic. The second patch could easily be folded into the first one, but was kept separate, as it might be a bit controversial. This also allows the patch description to explain some backgrounds for this part of the document. Additionally, ACKs and Reviewed-by tags can be collected separately this way. v2/RFC: - a lot of small fixes, most are for spelling mistakes and grammar errors/problems pointed out in the review feedback I got so far - add ACK for the series from Greg v1/RFC (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/cover.1641203216.git.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/): - initial version --- Hi! Here is a quick update to the patches I sent a few days with a lot of fixes, in case anyone has some spare cycles and looks for something to read over the weekend. Ciao, Thorsten Thorsten Leemhuis (2): docs: add a document about regression handling docs: regressions.rst: rules of thumb for handling regressions Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/admin-guide/regressions.rst | 965 ++++++++++++++++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 1 + 3 files changed, 967 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/regressions.rst base-commit: 82ca67321f55a8d1da6ac3ed611da3c32818bb37 -- 2.31.1
