On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 09:48:18AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Hi kernel.org helpdesk! > > Could you please create the email alias > do-not-apply-to-stable@xxxxxxxxxx which redirects all mail to /dev/null, > just like stable@xxxxxxxxxx does? > > That's an idea GregKH brought up a few days ago here: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/2024041123-earthling-primarily-4656@gregkh/ > > To quote: > > > How about: > > cc: <do-not-apply-to-stable@xxxxxxxxxx> # Reason goes here, and must be present > > > > and we can make that address be routed to /dev/null just like > > <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> is? That would make it into actual commits and probably irk maintainers and Linus, no? I also don't really love the idea of overloading email addresses with additional semantics. Using Cc: stable kinda makes sense, even if it's not a real email address (but it could become at some point), but this feels different. In general, I feel this information belongs in the patch basement (the place where change-id, base-commit, etc goes). E.g.: stable-autosel: ignore [This fix requires a feature that is only present in mainline] This allows passing along structured information that can be parsed by automated tooling without putting it into the commit. > There was some discussion about using something shorter, but in the end > there was no strong opposition and the thread ended a a few days ago. I feel this is a significant change to the workflow, so I would like the workflows list to have another go at this topic. :) -K
