linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] docs: bug-bisect: add a note about bisecting -next

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Message-ID: <87v7wsqkr7.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:07:08 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-next@...r.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] docs: bug-bisect: add a note about bisecting -next

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

> Explicitly mention how to bisect -next, as nothing in the kernel tree
> currently explains that bisects between -next versions won't work well
> and it's better to bisect between mainline and -next.
>
> Co-developed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
> ---
> v3
> - add a optional 'that' for readability/understandability
>
> v2:
> - slightly change patch descption
> - make the text more how-toish to better match the rest of the document
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241022-doc-bisect-next-v1-1-196c0a60d554@kernel.org/
> - initial release
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon