From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94433BAF for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 20:53:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-it0-f47.google.com (mail-it0-f47.google.com [209.85.214.47]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 20ECF6D6 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 20:53:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-it0-f47.google.com with SMTP id p79-v6so6977324itp.3 for ; Tue, 04 Sep 2018 13:53:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180904201620.GC16300@sasha-vm> References: <20180904201620.GC16300@sasha-vm> From: Daniel Vetter Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 22:53:23 +0200 Message-ID: To: Sasha Levin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Bug-introducing patches List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:16 PM, Sasha Levin via Ksummit-discuss wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've previously sent a mail > (https://lwn.net/ml/linux-kernel/20180501163818.GD1468@sasha-vm/) about > this topic, so I won't repeat everything here. That thread sprawled all over the place, and I honestly don't even recollect half of it. I'd very much appreciate a summary of the problems and different viewpoints shared in there. Otherwise I think we'll just have the exact same discussion once more ... Thanks, Daniel > From the dicussion that ensued, it seems that there is an agreement that > there is a problem with the process, but different maintainers have > different ideas on how to resolve this. Achieving any sort of a > consensus over mails seems to be impossible. > > I'd like to have a discussion about this topic. It is my belief that > this is a "low hanging fruit" and by addressing it we can prevent a good > portion of the bugs we have to deal with from creeping in in the first > place. > > If there is more information folks need to support making a decision I'd > be happy to work on it so it will be available during discussions. I > could also propose a few possible solutions, but I suspect we have more > than enough ideas about how that might look - we just need to reach a > consensus about one. > > > Thanks, > Sasha > _______________________________________________ > Ksummit-discuss mailing list > Ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ksummit-discuss -- Daniel Vetter Software Engineer, Intel Corporation +41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch