linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 15/26] docs: reporting-bugs: make readers test mainline, but leave a loophole

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Message-ID: <f7cd403c-2ae3-9220-2d49-9968a49b4f52@leemhuis.info>
Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 06:22:31 +0100
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 15/26] docs: reporting-bugs: make readers test
 mainline, but leave a loophole

Am 12.11.20 um 04:42 schrieb Randy Dunlap:
> On 11/11/20 7:36 AM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> Am 03.10.20 um 12:11 schrieb Thorsten Leemhuis:
>>> Am 02.10.20 um 19:51 schrieb Randy Dunlap:
>>>> On 10/1/20 1:39 AM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
 > […]
>> I'm preparing to send v2 and was a bit unhappy with this and
>> another section when seeing it again after weeks. In the end I
>> reshuffled and rewrote significant parts of it, see below.
>> 
> […]

>> development. Even the latest Linux 'stable' kernel is a significant
>> bit behind and thus better avoided. But sometimes it's even the right
>> choice, but in those cases you might want to wait a few days before
>> trying to reproduce an issue with the latest codebase:
> Try to remove one "But/but" in the sentence above.

Ha, yeah, good idea. Went with this:

At least most of the time, as sometimes a stable kernel can the best 
choice; but in those situations you might want to wait a few days anyway:

> LGTM. Thanks.

Great, thx again for you feedback (Consider all the obvious spelling and
grammatical mistakes you pointed out fixed, I just didn't mention them 
here to keep the reply short)!

Ciao, Thorsten