linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: stable: Document alternative for referring upstream commit hash

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Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2022 17:59:08 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: stable: Document alternative for
 referring upstream commit hash

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:27:58AM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 06:54:59AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> > Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org> writes:
> > 
> > > Additionally to the "commit <sha1> upstream." variant, "[ Upstream
> > > commit <sha1> ]" is used as well as alternative to refer to the upstream
> > > commit hash.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 ++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > So this is a nit but...
> > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> > > index c61865e91f52..2fd8aa593a28 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> > > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> > > @@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ text, like this:
> > >  
> > >      commit <sha1> upstream.
> > >  
> > > +or alternatively:
> > > +
> > > +.. code-block:: none
> > > +
> > > +    [ Upstream commit <sha1> ]
> > 
> > Can this just be:
> > 
> >   or alternatively::
> > 
> >     [ Upstream commit <sha1> ]
> > 
> > That extra RST markup just clutters things without any advantage.
> 
> Btw, after revisiting, I think Greg actually can pick up the first
> version of the patch. Changing the above without adding the
> code-block:node will reformat the
> 
>      [ Upstream commit <sha1> ]
> 
> differently when rendering to html.
> 
> Greg, so as the patch has not yet been commited, can you pick up the
> first version from
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220809045543.2049293-1-carnil@debian.org/
> ?

Please resend it as v3 so that our tools don't try to apply v2.

thanks,

greg k-h