lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2024]   [Apr]   [17]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Please create the email alias -> /dev/null
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: <do-not-apply-to-stable@kernel.org> # Reason goes here, and must be present
> >
> > and we can make that address be routed to /dev/null just like
> > <stable@kernel.org> 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

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2024-04-17 14:52    [W:0.189 / U:0.084 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site