[PATCH v1 0/6] docs: add instruction about handling regressions to our core texts for contributors

[Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>]

Add some more detailed instruction on handling regressions to our core
texts for contributors, e.g. Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst
and Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst. This was asked for at
the last Maintainer Summit[1] and is meant to help clarifing what's
expected.

The added instructions are somewhat inspired by existing and sometimes
similar text in Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst which is
semoved during the series.

The patch-set starts with some basics, which are based on the existing
text or recent statements from Linus. I tried to stay close to what was
said, but used my own words here -- if I got something wrong just tell
me so I can fix this.

The guidelines then are extended in multiple steps to cover more things
and be more specific in some areas. Some of that is meant to work
against problems I noticed during my regression tracking work. Most of
these are my words. These thus need to be discussed properly and in the
end ideally ACKed by Linus, so we all know what he wants. The parts I
expect to get more discussion are found near the end of the patchset.

Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/990599/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
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v1:
- initial version

Thorsten Leemhuis (6):
  docs: more detailed instructions on handling regressions
  docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: when to involved Linus in regressions
  docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: interaction with stable wrt to regressions
  docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: tags to use in regressions fixes
  docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: more specific advice on fixing regressions
  docs: 6.Followthrough.rst: advice on handling regressions fixes

 Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst     | 152 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../process/handling-regressions.rst          | 111 +------------
 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst  |  20 +++
 3 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)


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