linux-kernel - Re: RFC: create mailing list "linux-issues" focussed on issues/bugs and regressions

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgiYqqLzsb9-UpfH+=ktk7ra-2fOsdc_ZJ7WF47wS73CA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:32:34 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ksummit <ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
        workflows@...r.kernel.org,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: create mailing list "linux-issues" focussed on issues/bugs
 and regressions

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 8:18 AM Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info> wrote:
>
>     I even requested a
> "linux-regressions@...r.kernel.org" a while later, but didn't hear
> anything back; and, sadly, about the same time I started having trouble
> finding spare time for working on regression tracking. :-/

Honestly, I'd much prefer the name 'linux-regressions' as being much
more targeted than 'linux-issues'. Make it clear that the list is only
for regressions that people can describe some way, rather than some
general "I have issues with xyz".

The more clear-cut the list is, the better, I think.

            Linus