From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D0D7413CFA6; Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:52:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713358364; cv=none; b=dBFrqrMYaWhXXedPpLQwVdtx4zcMOiw4yJs1eYCYwZ5lqobnpN/QJfm+gcAGPoLT0wlAc5vXuOB4z7sLjL6ROjs8U7bSyA8cMUUU7PEzDDhd1cSJsXXutQnQ5ItFzadB0Ps+2SNYxJQbsF+CtYQA30rPV/9Z5AUEcrVwTPummOU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713358364; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Nz7+wYG+jYURh6hk+/XPOhpQekQnu4bBKnC3lYMnnNw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Zt+5lewVL19hVK9Uz6C6bPlpRDjCvVMd98iSTl6OLlKQznZsQixiIAmjEgN4dXxyj8O/f16XGZpxrLZqWsQhXfSmPMDNpyYl9ksRzthpjo79nTUPq/D9xdpYALUhXN1RFNyfnWAvpXV+5H33lWZFTzonZV1Eo/30vE0++x9gjsk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=LL4sX48I; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="LL4sX48I" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42C35C072AA; Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:52:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1713358364; bh=Nz7+wYG+jYURh6hk+/XPOhpQekQnu4bBKnC3lYMnnNw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=LL4sX48I2AcFYvoOzgdkVQ2KOWwGJvgIduohvJuHTpik7Rb3BNvzTiAElJnw5qweR VaD46O8B+utNW4nODcU0idnjzMxxiJ2Qx6dVApQnJCqHtkJ6WsPe6bPDcfnRVO32AR TwsEv4KNu5ddYCUq59WNQBE/fDL1Pb/o3VMGwcJY= Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:52:40 -0400 From: Konstantin Ryabitsev To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: helpdesk@kernel.org, Greg KH , "workflows@vger.kernel.org" , LKML Subject: Re: Please create the email alias do-not-apply-to-stable@kernel.org -> /dev/null Message-ID: <20240417-lively-zebu-of-tact-efc8f3@lemur> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 09:48:18AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Hi kernel.org helpdesk! > > Could you please create the email alias > do-not-apply-to-stable@kernel.org which redirects all mail to /dev/null, > just like stable@kernel.org does? > > That's an idea GregKH brought up a few days ago here: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/2024041123-earthling-primarily-4656@gregkh/ > > To quote: > > > How about: > > cc: # Reason goes here, and must be present > > > > and we can make that address be routed to /dev/null just like > > is? That would make it into actual commits and probably irk maintainers and Linus, no? I also don't really love the idea of overloading email addresses with additional semantics. Using Cc: stable kinda makes sense, even if it's not a real email address (but it could become at some point), but this feels different. 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. > There was some discussion about using something shorter, but in the end > there was no strong opposition and the thread ended a a few days ago. I feel this is a significant change to the workflow, so I would like the workflows list to have another go at this topic. :) -K