From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3C38EB64DA for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:51:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232561AbjF3Rvj (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:51:39 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55914 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231784AbjF3Rvg (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:51:36 -0400 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 369632D4A; Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:51:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:73::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F1EE5CC; Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:51:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 0F1EE5CC DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1688147493; bh=EMN+eiSjMgLjxKvDwiKe5nrFjrnNYILvVkKYNIaSjI0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=ZoM31OkQe1Rowz0t3pu/hROMh4ZpU1u2XaNPcBgSc+qzo52rm7aPc7txhwdJnMCjJ ABh+qx8yKRs07HrcI9TYc/8Ip0pTLcvNqUgN1zz2355XTIrANo3zZnLuu50td1cKSG duNUMsSFZKBhPb6exJe5Mk+hK3Um0CEeHuFk/L2FLFvC1Rmavfsas7obTbvQ1Q+pi7 /j21sUJh1EJd5vQO79iZaAmBllVJ3QheH1r4AmeSFQOakjCqS+hqBtKB1XbxcpJlI8 EtZTg5SJ99UQLoyotkwW0g+ABEvQn6/oJ09SSz8ZBdZ00p9SZ23LM5EgfpnCNxuWhn JE6JrOFjBFrpQ== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski Subject: Re: [PATCH docs] docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS In-Reply-To: <20230630171550.128296-1-kuba@kernel.org> References: <20230630171550.128296-1-kuba@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:51:32 -0600 Message-ID: <874jmolty3.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org Jakub Kicinski writes: > Having "how to submit patches" in MAINTAINTERS seems out of place. > We have a whole section of documentation about it, duplication > is harmful and a lot of the text looks really out of date. > > Sections 1, 2 and 4 look really, really old and not applicable > to the modern process. > > Section 3 is obvious but also we have build bots now. > > Section 5 is a bit outdated (diff -u?!). But I like the part > about factoring out shared code, so add that to process docs. > > Section 6 is unnecessary? > > Section 7 is covered by more appropriate docs. > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski > --- > Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst | 7 ++ > MAINTAINERS | 80 +---------------------- > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-) This has been discussed in the past, I'm not sure why we've never done it. I totally agree, and will happily apply this unless somebody objects or beats me to it. Thanks, jon