Re: Please create the email alias do-not-apply-to-stable@xxxxxxxxxx -> /dev/null

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 4/17/24 2:52 PM, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> 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@xxxxxxxxxx which redirects all mail to /dev/null,
>> just like stable@xxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxx> # Reason goes here, and must be present
>> > 
>> > and we can make that address be routed to /dev/null just like
>> > <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.

But isn't it the actual commit what the stable tooling parses?

>> 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
>