Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2020-12-17 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 10:53:23AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Gee...a response from a two-year-old thread... You know how we love to document stuff, right? :-) > it's taking me a while to page all of that back in :) Here's the gist of your concern:

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2020-12-17 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:05:37 +0100 Borislav Petkov wrote: > So, that thing. > > I have this ontop of 5.10 along with most comments integrated. > > Now, I'm thinking if I start sending those pieces which belong into the > main process documentation, the bikeshedding that is going to ensue is >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2020-12-17 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:49:04PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Suppose I came along with my nifty new architecture, and it dragged in a > > whole new set of timer and interrupt subsystems that duplicated a lot of > > what's in the kernel now, but buried a few "local quirks" deep in the > >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-13 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 09:32:18AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:32 AM Mark Brown wrote: > > I'm not 100% sure that people will pick up that the topic is about a > > handbook for working with maintainers rather than a handbook for being a > > maintainer from that title...

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-13 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 09:32:18AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:32 AM Mark Brown wrote: > > I'm not 100% sure that people will pick up that the topic is about a > > handbook for working with maintainers rather than a handbook for being a > > maintainer from that title...

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-11 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > Even after a decade of introducing Git I still see Signed-off-by used as > > an Acked-by or Reviewed-by substitutes, so I'd suggest adding this small > > explanation as well: > > > > + SOB chains should reflect the *real* route a patch took as it was > >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-11 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > Even after a decade of introducing Git I still see Signed-off-by used as > > an Acked-by or Reviewed-by substitutes, so I'd suggest adding this small > > explanation as well: > > > > + SOB chains should reflect the *real* route a patch took as it was > >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 09:33:47AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > > I thought there was a slot already scheduled on the refereed track, > > "Towards a Linux Kernel Mainainer Handbook" (Tuesday at 4:45pm) for > > this purpose? > > My expectation is that this will be an actual talk; it seemed

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 09:33:47AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > > I thought there was a slot already scheduled on the refereed track, > > "Towards a Linux Kernel Mainainer Handbook" (Tuesday at 4:45pm) for > > this purpose? > > My expectation is that this will be an actual talk; it seemed

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Dan Williams
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:32 AM Mark Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 11:21:33AM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:05:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > My plumbers schedule is already 100% booked with MCs and other things. > > > There is no kernel-summit

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Dan Williams
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:32 AM Mark Brown wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 11:21:33AM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:05:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > My plumbers schedule is already 100% booked with MCs and other things. > > > There is no kernel-summit

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:21:33 -0500 "Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote: > I thought there was a slot already scheduled on the refereed track, > "Towards a Linux Kernel Mainainer Handbook" (Tuesday at 4:45pm) for > this purpose? My expectation is that this will be an actual talk; it seemed rude to assume

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:21:33 -0500 "Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote: > I thought there was a slot already scheduled on the refereed track, > "Towards a Linux Kernel Mainainer Handbook" (Tuesday at 4:45pm) for > this purpose? My expectation is that this will be an actual talk; it seemed rude to assume

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 11:21:33AM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:05:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > My plumbers schedule is already 100% booked with MCs and other things. > > There is no kernel-summit schedule details available as of yet, but it > > is already

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 11:21:33AM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:05:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > My plumbers schedule is already 100% booked with MCs and other things. > > There is no kernel-summit schedule details available as of yet, but it > > is already

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:05:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > > next week? > > Ah, on that, let me complain :-) > > My plumbers schedule is already

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 04:05:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > > next week? > > Ah, on that, let me complain :-) > > My plumbers schedule is already

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 08:19:57AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 16:05:17 +0100 > Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > > > next week? >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 08:19:57AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 16:05:17 +0100 > Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > > > next week? >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Jon, On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 21:51:38 +0100 (CET) > Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > + SOB chains should reflect the *real* route a patch took as it was > > + propagated to us, with the first SOB entry signalling primary > > + authorship of a single

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Jon, On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 21:51:38 +0100 (CET) > Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > + SOB chains should reflect the *real* route a patch took as it was > > + propagated to us, with the first SOB entry signalling primary > > + authorship of a single

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 16:05:17 +0100 Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > > next week? > > Ah, on that, let me complain :-) > > My plumbers schedule is already 100%

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 16:05:17 +0100 Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > > next week? > > Ah, on that, let me complain :-) > > My plumbers schedule is already 100%

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > next week? Ah, on that, let me complain :-) My plumbers schedule is already 100% booked with MCs and other things. There is no kernel-summit schedule

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 07:49:20AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Might it be worth asking Ted for a kernel summit slot to talk about this > next week? Ah, on that, let me complain :-) My plumbers schedule is already 100% booked with MCs and other things. There is no kernel-summit schedule

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 21:51:38 +0100 (CET) Thomas Gleixner wrote: > So I agree with Dan, that we should collect as much documentation from > subsystems/maintainers and get it into the tree so we can: > >- give contributors immediate access to subsystem/maintainer specific > quirks > >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-08 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 21:51:38 +0100 (CET) Thomas Gleixner wrote: > So I agree with Dan, that we should collect as much documentation from > subsystems/maintainers and get it into the tree so we can: > >- give contributors immediate access to subsystem/maintainer specific > quirks > >

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Dan, On Wed, 7 Nov 2018, Dan Williams wrote: > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:49 AM Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > The stuff that is truly specific to tip seems fairly minimal: > > > > - what goes into tip > > - the reverse fir tree thing > > - tail comments, or the distaste thereabouts > > -

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Dan, On Wed, 7 Nov 2018, Dan Williams wrote: > On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:49 AM Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > The stuff that is truly specific to tip seems fairly minimal: > > > > - what goes into tip > > - the reverse fir tree thing > > - tail comments, or the distaste thereabouts > > -

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:49 AM Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > On Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:10:10 +0100 > Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > Mark recently suggested in one of the ksummit discussions to add subsystem > > or tree specific maintainer handbooks to document subsystem/tree specific > > development

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:49 AM Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > On Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:10:10 +0100 > Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > Mark recently suggested in one of the ksummit discussions to add subsystem > > or tree specific maintainer handbooks to document subsystem/tree specific > > development

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:10:10 +0100 Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Mark recently suggested in one of the ksummit discussions to add subsystem > or tree specific maintainer handbooks to document subsystem/tree specific > development process information. > > The following series adds the general section

Re: [patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:10:10 +0100 Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Mark recently suggested in one of the ksummit discussions to add subsystem > or tree specific maintainer handbooks to document subsystem/tree specific > development process information. > > The following series adds the general section

[patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Mark recently suggested in one of the ksummit discussions to add subsystem or tree specific maintainer handbooks to document subsystem/tree specific development process information. The following series adds the general section and the tip tree specific handbook. Thanks, tglx

[patch 0/2] Documentation/process: Add subsystem/tree handbook

2018-11-07 Thread Thomas Gleixner
Mark recently suggested in one of the ksummit discussions to add subsystem or tree specific maintainer handbooks to document subsystem/tree specific development process information. The following series adds the general section and the tip tree specific handbook. Thanks, tglx