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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
	workflows@vger.kernel.org, regressions@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/6] docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: advice on handling regressions fixes
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:30:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871pybwnnt.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e7344ff7a57b61380152defaa5ec13f06ac5d7d0.1733825632.git.linux@leemhuis.info>

Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> writes:

> Add some advice on how to handle regressions as developer, reviewer, and
> maintainer, as resolving regression without unnecessary delays requires
> multiple people working hand in hand.
>
> This removes equivalent paragraphs from a section in
> Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst, which will become mostly
> obsolete through this and follow-up changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst     | 24 ++++++++++++++++---
>  .../process/handling-regressions.rst          | 16 -------------
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Nothing really to complain about here (though I do worry a bit about the
idea that calling something a regression fix allows bypassing all of our
usual testing).

Thanks,

jon

  reply	other threads:[~2024-12-13 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-10 10:15 [PATCH v1 0/6] docs: add instruction about handling regressions to our core texts for contributors Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-10 10:15 ` [PATCH v1 1/6] docs: more detailed instructions on handling regressions Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-13 16:14   ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-12-20 12:17     ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-10 10:15 ` [PATCH v1 2/6] docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: when to involved Linus in regressions Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-13 16:17   ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-12-20 12:41     ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-10 10:15 ` [PATCH v1 3/6] docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: interaction with stable wrt to regressions Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-13 16:20   ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-12-20 13:13     ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-10 10:15 ` [PATCH v1 4/6] docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: tags to use in regressions fixes Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-13 16:24   ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-12-20 13:18     ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-10 10:15 ` [PATCH v1 5/6] docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: more specific advice on fixing regressions Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-13 16:28   ` Jonathan Corbet
2024-12-20 14:21     ` Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-10 10:15 ` [PATCH v1 6/6] docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: advice on handling regressions fixes Thorsten Leemhuis
2024-12-13 16:30   ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2024-12-20 14:24     ` Thorsten Leemhuis

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