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-sta...@kernel.org which redirects all mail to /dev/null,
> just like sta...@kernel.org 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-sta...@kernel.org> # Reason goes here, and must be
> > present
> >
> > and we can make that address be routed to /dev/null just like
> > <sta...@kernel.org> 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.
> 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
