Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Tue Jan 26 2016 - 09:50:08 EST


On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 11:10 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> Different subsystems and drivers have different preferred ways of
>> receiving bug reports; mailing list or bugzillas at various
>> locations. Add "B:" entry for specifying the preference to guide bug
>> reporters at the right location.
> []
>> v2: drop the B: entry for i915 due to bikeshedding, let's see if there's
>> a chance this B: entry sticks in general
> []
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
>> index 30aca4aa5467..c9da3a2af398 100644
>> --- a/MAINTAINERS
>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
>> @@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
>> L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
>> W: Web-page with status/info
>> Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site
>> + B: Preferred method for reporting bugs; bug tracking system site
>> + or "List" for mailing list.
>
> I think that "List" is not a good idea.
>
> Intermixing mailing list email addresses and URLs seems
> odd and inconsistent.
>
> Maybe there could be something like the "T:" and "S:"
> entries where some additional qualifier is used for the
> specific type of bug reporting.

Yeah, if B: is present, use the given URL for bug reporting.
If not use the mailinglist... :-)

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Thanks,
//richard