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Message-ID: <20240417-orthodox-wildcat-of-prestige-e1ea2b@lemur>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:25:04 -0400
From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc: helpdesk@...nel.org, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	"workflows@...r.kernel.org" <workflows@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Please create the email alias do-not-apply-to-stable@...nel.org
 -> /dev/null

On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 03:21:12PM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> > In general, I feel this information belongs in the patch basement 
> > (the place where change-id, base-commit, etc goes). E.g.:
> > 
> >     stable-autosel: ignore
> >     [This fix requires a feature that is only present in mainline]
> > 
> > This allows passing along structured information that can be parsed by 
> > automated tooling without putting it into the commit.
> 
> That afaics makes them useless for the stable team (Greg may correct me
> if I'm wrong here), as they deal with the commits and have no easy,
> fast, and reliable way to look up the patch posting to query this. Or is
> the "patch basement" available somehow in git for each commit and I just
> missed that?

Ah, okay, my assumption was wrong, then.

How about meeting things halfway, then:

    Cc: stable+noautosel@...nel.org # Reason

-K

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