From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: ksummit@lists.linux.dev, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Enhancing Commit Tagging for Stable Kernel Branches
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:07:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgyLHxdj0wJT-2y-OVVvPbZgg7XtCdcd6UHBmhTWLtoKw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZpPFJH2uDLzIhBoB@sashalap>
On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 at 05:31, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> One of the main issues is that most Fixes-tagged commits (>80%) end up
> in a stable tree, leading some authors to omit the Stable tag
> altogether.
So as others have said, the fix to two confusing tags is not to
introduce *more* tags. That only adds to the confusion.
I honestly personally will likely not ever use any more tags than the
ones we already have. Every single "let's add a new tag" proposal I've
ever seen has been pure garbage.
People see one problem and want to fix it by introducing a tag, and
think tags magically would fix it, when adding more tags will only
cause more confusion and make the existing tags less obvious.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-14 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-14 12:31 Sasha Levin
2024-07-14 13:35 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-14 15:35 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-07-14 16:34 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-14 18:38 ` Sasha Levin
2024-07-14 19:20 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-14 20:18 ` Sasha Levin
2024-07-15 18:00 ` Theodore Ts'o
2024-07-15 18:07 ` Mark Brown
2024-07-15 19:06 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-15 19:23 ` Steven Rostedt
2024-07-15 19:24 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-15 19:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2024-07-15 19:30 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-15 19:39 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-16 6:30 ` Greg KH
2024-07-15 20:25 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2024-07-15 20:47 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2024-07-16 6:28 ` Greg KH
2024-07-16 12:20 ` Takashi Iwai
2024-07-17 22:05 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-18 7:34 ` Takashi Iwai
2024-07-18 14:48 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-18 14:56 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-18 16:36 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-19 0:49 ` NeilBrown
2024-07-19 1:35 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-19 11:55 ` Vegard Nossum
2024-07-23 14:14 ` Jiri Kosina
2024-07-16 14:51 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2024-07-16 19:38 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-15 6:15 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2024-07-14 17:07 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2024-07-14 18:47 ` Sasha Levin
2024-07-14 19:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-07-14 20:27 ` Sasha Levin
2024-07-14 23:05 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-14 23:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-07-15 8:02 ` Greg KH
2024-07-15 8:53 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2024-07-15 12:48 ` Mimi Zohar
2024-07-15 12:52 ` Mimi Zohar
2024-07-15 14:34 ` Alexandre Belloni
2024-07-15 14:40 ` Greg KH
2024-07-15 15:00 ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-07-15 15:07 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-15 15:19 ` Sasha Levin
2024-07-15 15:31 ` James Bottomley
2024-07-15 15:42 ` Dan Carpenter
2024-07-15 15:10 ` Greg KH
2024-07-15 17:45 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2024-07-15 18:04 ` Mark Brown
2024-07-15 20:51 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2024-07-16 6:25 ` Greg KH
2024-07-16 15:00 ` Mark Brown
2024-07-14 23:29 ` NeilBrown
2024-07-14 23:29 ` Steven Rostedt
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