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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 10:50:31 +0200 From: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info> To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 25/26] docs: reporting-bugs: explain things could be easier A few closing words to explain why things are like this until someone steps up to make things easier for people. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info> --- Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst index 8f60af27635b..42f59419263a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst @@ -1458,6 +1458,15 @@ But don't worry too much about all of this, a lot of drivers have active maintainers who are quite interested in fixing as many issues as possible. +Closing words +============= + +Compared with other Free/Libre & Open Source Software it's hard to reporting +issues to the Linux kernel developers: the length and complexity of this +document and the implications between the lines illustrate that. But that's how +it is for now. The main author of this text hopes documenting the state of the +art will lay some groundwork to improve the situation over time. + .. ############################################################################ .. Temporary marker added while this document is rewritten. Sections above .. are new and dual-licensed under GPLv2+ and CC-BY 4.0, those below are old. -- 2.26.2
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