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

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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.
> []
>> 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.

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.

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[PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-01-26 10:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-01-26 15:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-01-26 15:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-01-26 16:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 16:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug reporting method Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-01-26 16:10 +0100
    Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug  reporting method Dave Gordon <david.s.gordon@intel.com> - 2016-01-26 16:40 +0100
      Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: Add "B:" preferred bug  reporting method Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2016-01-26 21:20 +0100

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