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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-08-07 13:17:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-08-07 13:17:52 +0000 |
| commit | 3afb00d3f86d3d924f88b56fa8285d4e9db85852 (patch) | |
| tree | 95a985d3019522cea546b7d8df621369bc44fc6c /Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst | |
| parent | Adding debian version 6.9.12-1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.10.3.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst index 76b246ecf2..946518355a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ The important basics -------------------- -What is a "regression" and what is the "no regressions rule"? +What is a "regression" and what is the "no regressions" rule? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's a regression if some application or practical use case running fine with one Linux kernel works worse or not at all with a newer version compiled using a -similar configuration. The "no regressions rule" forbids this to take place; if +similar configuration. The "no regressions" rule forbids this to take place; if it happens by accident, developers that caused it are expected to quickly fix the issue. @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Additional details about regressions ------------------------------------ -What is the goal of the "no regressions rule"? +What is the goal of the "no regressions" rule? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Users should feel safe when updating kernel versions and not have to worry @@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ Exceptions to this rule are extremely rare; in the past developers almost always turned out to be wrong when they assumed a particular situation was warranting an exception. -Who ensures the "no regressions" is actually followed? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Who ensures the "no regressions" rule is actually followed? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The subsystem maintainers should take care of that, which are watched and supported by the tree maintainers -- e.g. Linus Torvalds for mainline and |