linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: Add Researcher Guidelines

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Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 09:20:12 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@...ilon.cc>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...nel.org>,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: Add Researcher Guidelines



On 3/4/22 09:16, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 09:19:24AM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>>> Hmm, the intro for "Documentation/admin-guide/" states that "The
>>> following manuals are written for users of the kernel", but the added
>>> text afaics providing nothing regular users care about. So wouldn't it
>>> be better if this lived below Documentation/process/ ? It might not a
>>> really good fit either, but I'd say it's the better place.
>>>
>>> But well, the best person to know is Jonathan, who is listed as a
>>> Co-developer above, so maybe I'm wrong my suggestion is a bad one.
>>
>> I started in process/ and eventually settled on admin-guide/ since that's
>> basically the "front page". But I agree, there isn't an obviously correct
>> place for it.
> 
> Sorry, been a bit distracted...when we were working on this I was more
> focused on the text than the location.  My own feeling is that
> Documentation/process is a better place for this - that's where we tell
> the world how to work with the kernel community, after all.  I'm not
> going to dig in my heels and fight about it, but that's my sense.
> 
> Otherwise, it kind of seems like this is ready to go in. I'd like to
> apply it before the merge window; lemme know where you want it in the
> end and we can get it done.

There is a v2 of this patch, but yes, it should be in process/ IMO also.

-- 
~Randy