Re: [RFC PATCH v1 25/26] docs: reporting-bugs: explain things could be easier

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sun Oct 04 2020 - 00:03:40 EST


On 10/1/20 1:50 AM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> A few closing words to explain why things are like this until someone
> steps up to make things easier for people.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst
> index 8f60af27635b..42f59419263a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst
> @@ -1458,6 +1458,15 @@ But don't worry too much about all of this, a lot of drivers have active
> maintainers who are quite interested in fixing as many issues as possible.
>
>
> +Closing words
> +=============
> +
> +Compared with other Free/Libre & Open Source Software it's hard to reporting

to report

> +issues to the Linux kernel developers: the length and complexity of this
> +document and the implications between the lines illustrate that. But that's how
> +it is for now. The main author of this text hopes documenting the state of the
> +art will lay some groundwork to improve the situation over time.
> +
> .. ############################################################################
> .. Temporary marker added while this document is rewritten. Sections above
> .. are new and dual-licensed under GPLv2+ and CC-BY 4.0, those below are old.
>


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~Randy