linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/2] MAINTAINERS: add regressions mailing list

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Message-ID: <de24893c-8e36-e810-dca8-bc84934780b1@leemhuis.info>
Date:   Wed, 7 Apr 2021 19:53:27 +0200
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 1/2] MAINTAINERS: add regressions mailing list

On 07.04.21 16:56, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 12:51:43PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> On 07.04.21 11:56, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 11:21:55AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>>> Add the newly created regression mailing list finally created after it
> [...]
>>> [...]
>>>> +REGRESSIONS
>>>> +L:	regressions@...ts.linux.dev
>>>> +K:	regression
>>>
>>> A bit more information here perhaps?  This will not really help anyone
>>> out to know what to do.
>> [...]
>> Or did you have something totally different in mind?
> 
> Well, "K:	regression" is not a regex,

FWIW, there are a few other entries with a K: like that, for example:

K:	riscv

K:	regulator_get_optional

And I checked with get_maintainer.pl that the "K: regression" worked
when letting it work on a patch. But that it is a unusual thing to do I
guess, so in the end...

> so that's not going to really help much.

...you are right here afaics.

> How about something simple like:
> 	KERNEL REGRESSIONS:
> 	M:	Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
> 	L:	regressions@...ts.linux.dev
> 	S:	Supported
> 
> That looks a bit more like other entries, has a name and a list and a
> state of your status for this work.
> 
> Would that work?

Yup, thx for the example, much appreciated.

Ciao, Thorsten