On 11.07.23 12:15, Jani Nikula wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jul 2023, Thorsten Leemhuis linux@leemhuis.info wrote: [...]
+To delay pick up of patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, use the following +format:
+.. code-block:: none
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after 4 weeks in mainline+For any other requests related to patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, just +add a note to the stable tag. This for example can be used to point out known +problems:
+.. code-block:: none
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # see patch description, needs adjustments for >= 6.3To me, this seems like promoting *any* free text after the #, making it harder to parse in scripts.
Of course, I'm only ever producing this, and never consuming, so if the manual reading is fine for the stable developers, who am I to argue.
I had similar concerns, to which Greg replied: ```my "script" is me reviewing each patch :)```
FWIW, that was here: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2023061936-eatable-grumbling-f3c1@gregkh/
Ciao, Thorsten