Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Add a few notes on how the interaction with the stable team works when > it comes to mainline regressions that also affect stable series. > > This removes equivalent paragraphs from a section in > Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst, which will become mostly > obsolete through this and follow-up changes. > > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ > .../process/handling-regressions.rst | 19 ---------------- > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst b/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst > index f9ae3a86ee0c49..763a80d21240f0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst > @@ -234,6 +234,28 @@ On procedure: > requests again should ideally come directly from maintainers or happen in > accordance with them. > > +Regarding stable and longterm series: > + > + - You are free to leave handling regressions to the stable team if the problem > + at no point in time occurred with mainline or was fixed there already. > + > + - When receiving reports about regressions in recent stable or longterm kernel > + series, consider evaluating at least briefly if the issue might happen in > + current mainline as well -- and if that seems likely, take hold of the > + report. If in doubt, ask the reporter to check mainline. > + > + - Fix regressions quickly in mainline, whenever you want to swiftly resolve one > + that recently made it into a mainline, stable, or longterm release; in urgent > + cases hence involve Linus to fast-track fixes (see above). This route is I'm not quite sure what that sentence is intended to say. Might something like s/quickly/first/ better convey the intent? Maybe also s/want/need/ ? Thanks, jon
