linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:14:04 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Dave Gordon <david.s.gordon@...el.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug
 reporting method

On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 15:33 +0000, Dave Gordon wrote:
> On 26/01/16 14:42, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 11:10 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > > Different subsystems and drivers have different preferred ways of
> > > receiving bug reports; mailing list or bugzillas at various
> > > locations. Add "B:" entry for specifying the preference to guide bug
> > > reporters at the right location.
> > []
> > > v2: drop the B: entry for i915 due to bikeshedding, let's see if there's
> > > a chance this B: entry sticks in general
> > []
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index 30aca4aa5467..c9da3a2af398 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
> > >   	L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
> > >   	W: Web-page with status/info
> > >   	Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site
> > > +	B: Preferred method for reporting bugs; bug tracking system site
> > > +	   or "List" for mailing list.
> > 
> > I think that "List" is not a good idea.
> > 
> > Intermixing mailing list email addresses and URLs seems
> > odd and inconsistent.
> > 
> > Maybe there could be something like the "T:" and "S:"
> > entries where some additional qualifier is used for the
> > specific type of bug reporting.
> 
> Make it a proper URI, allowing mailto:<listname@...ain>
> or http://bugzilla.org/i915/ or anything else that people
> may come up with in future :)

Thanks Dave.  That makes some sense.

get_maintainer could then parse mailto: and http: schemes and
could do the right thing.