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

[Dave Gordon]

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.