linux-kernel - Re: Thorsten is tracking regression again and could need a little help (was: Re: Linux 5.15)

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Message-ID: <da21322a-95e8-40f9-a718-fa1e56eb203f@leemhuis.info>
Date:   Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:44:01 +0100
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: Thorsten is tracking regression again and could need a little
 help (was: Re: Linux 5.15)

On 01.11.21 13:33, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 05:49:40AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> example by simply forwarding the mail to regressions@...mhuis.info or
>> CCing that address on a reply. I'll handle everything else then and tell
>> regzbot about it. But if you feel adventurous, you can also skip me as
>> the man-in-the-middle and tell the bot directly. To do that, just send a
>> reply to the report to the regressions mailing list
>> (regressions@...ts.linux.dev) either directly or by CCing it on a reply
>> you would have written anyway; when doing so, place something like
>> '#regzbot ^introduced v5.15..' (separated by blank lines) somewhere in
>> the text, as outlined in regzbot's 'getting started guide' or its
>> reference documentation:
>> https://gitlab.com/knurd42/regzbot/-/blob/main/docs/getting_started.md
>> https://gitlab.com/knurd42/regzbot/-/blob/main/docs/reference.md
>>
>> That's it, regzbot then on its next run will add the report to the list
>> of tracked regression. I'll keep an eye on things and try to fix any
>> problems I notice, as there likely will be a few. But then doesn't need
>> to bother you.
>>
>> There is one thing that would really help: if one or two subsystem
>> maintainers could give regzbot a shot for all the regression reports
>> they get, even for easy fixes, as the bot really needs something to chew
>> on. Any volunteers?
> 
> I'll try it for the USB subsystem this merge cycle. 

That will be a great help, many thx.

> Do you want a bug
> report email redirected to that address or will a simple forward work
> well enough?

Redirecting will make it a little easier for me, but a simple forward is
fine, too.

thx!

Ciao, Thorsten