docs: add two documents about regression handling
authorThorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:51:33 +0000 (07:51 +0100)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:57:25 +0000 (12:57 -0700)
commit1ecf393fc5a5962ebbe8d011dede6cab880f349b
tree35963fc629907e13148a8f2c728a6ed9ddda28b9
parent18ab307823bb643fc985d316448f2d70eb1cb7c3
docs: add two documents about regression handling

Create two documents explaining various aspects around regression
handling and tracking; one is aimed at users, the other targets
developers.

The texts among others describes the first rule of Linux kernel
development and what it means in practice. They also explain what a
regression actually is and how to report one properly.

Both texts additionally provide a brief introduction to the bot the
kernel's regression tracker uses to facilitate the work, but mention the
use is optional.

To sum things up, provide a few quotes from Linus in the document for
developers to show how serious we take regressions.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/34e56d3588f22d7e0b4d635ef9c9c3b33ca4ac04.1644994117.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/process/index.rst
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