linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] docs: add two texts covering regressions

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Message-ID: <871qzskpf8.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:58:03 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     workflows@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        regressions@...ts.linux.dev,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] docs: add two texts covering regressions

Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info> writes:

> "We don't cause regressions" might be the first rule of Linux kernel
> development, but it and other aspects of regressions nevertheless are hardly
> described in the Linux kernel's documentation. The following patches change
> this by creating two documents dedicated to the topic.
>
> The second patch could easily be folded into the first one, but was kept
> separate, as it might be a bit controversial. This also allows the patch
> description to explain some backgrounds for this part of the document.
> Additionally, ACKs and Reviewed-by tags can be collected separately this way.

Hearing no objections, I have applied this set, thanks.

jon