linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: adjust Fixes definition slightly

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Message-ID: <87cy7zv2dd.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:42:54 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: adjust Fixes definition slightly

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> Every now and then people send stylistic patches and use Fixes
> purely to refer to a commit which added the ugly or unnecessary
> code. Reword the docs about Fixes.
>
> It should hopefully be enough to lead with the word "bug"
> rather than "issue". We can add more verbiage later, tho, let's
> try the word swap first. I always feel like the more words the
> smaller the chance someone will actually read the docs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

You are an optimist :)

I've applied this, thanks.

jon