Re: [RFC PATCH] Remove mentions of the Trivial Patch Monkey

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Dec 14 2021 - 14:55:15 EST


On 12/14/21 11:14 AM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Apparently, it was decided that trivial@xxxxxxxxxx
> is no longer used.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fe86efbd-4e03-76c8-55cf-dabd33e85823@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Co-developed-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cc: akpm

Thanks.

> ---
> Sending this before we forget about it...
>
> We may want to keep the definition of "trivial patch" somewhere else.
>
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 19 -------------------
> MAINTAINERS | 6 ------
> 2 files changed, 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index 6b3aaed66fba..31ea120ce531 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -271,25 +271,6 @@ least a notification of the change, so that some information makes its way
> into the manual pages. User-space API changes should also be copied to
> linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
>
> -For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey
> -trivial@xxxxxxxxxx which collects "trivial" patches. Have a look
> -into the MAINTAINERS file for its current manager.
> -
> -Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules:
> -
> -- Spelling fixes in documentation
> -- Spelling fixes for errors which could break :manpage:`grep(1)`
> -- Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad)
> -- Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct)
> -- Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things)
> -- Removing use of deprecated functions/macros
> -- Contact detail and documentation fixes
> -- Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific,
> - since people copy, as long as it's trivial)
> -- Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file (ie. patch monkey
> - in re-transmission mode)
> -
> -
>
> No MIME, no links, no compression, no attachments. Just plain text
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 13f9a84a617e..c88bac733e9e 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -19334,12 +19334,6 @@ W: https://github.com/srcres258/linux-doc
> T: git git://github.com/srcres258/linux-doc.git doc-zh-tw
> F: Documentation/translations/zh_TW/
>
> -TRIVIAL PATCHES
> -M: Jiri Kosina <trivial@xxxxxxxxxx>
> -S: Maintained
> -T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial.git
> -K: ^Subject:.*(?i)trivial
> -
> TTY LAYER
> M: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
>


--
~Randy
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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