Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: Introduce Test: tag

[Jonathan Corbet]

Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Currently, we blindly trust the submitters that they both compiled their
> code at all, tested it on a relevant device, and have done so in a manner
> that made sense for a given changeset.
>
> If at least two of these three things were always true, the review
> workflow would be much more exciting.
>
> Introduce a new Test: tag to help submitters express the way the patch
> was tested, making it easier to understand for reviewers and maintainers
> whether it was tested, and if so, whether that test was sufficient.
>
> I originally found something like this on Google's Android kernel repos
> and loved the concept.
>
> Test: make htmldocs and manual examination
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Do we really want to do this?  To me, it almost seems like it codifies
the idea that sending *untested* patches is OK as long as you leave out
the tag.

Others may disagree, but I don't think we need yet another tag for this.
Testing of patches before sending them should be the norm; if special
notes about testing are needed, they can go in or below the changelog,
as appropriate.

Thanks,

jon