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

From: Dave Gordon
Date: Tue Jan 26 2016 - 10:33:12 EST


On 26/01/16 14:42, Joe Perches 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.
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v2: drop the B: entry for i915 due to bikeshedding, let's see if there's
a chance this B: entry sticks in general
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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.

Make it a proper URI, allowing mailto:<listname@domain>
or http://bugzilla.org/i915/ or anything else that people
may come up with in future :)

.Dave.