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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst index 76b246ecf21b..946518355a2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.rst @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ The important basics -------------------- -What is a "regression" and what is the "no regressions rule"? +What is a "regression" and what is the "no regressions" rule? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's a regression if some application or practical use case running fine with one Linux kernel works worse or not at all with a newer version compiled using a -similar configuration. The "no regressions rule" forbids this to take place; if +similar configuration. The "no regressions" rule forbids this to take place; if it happens by accident, developers that caused it are expected to quickly fix the issue. @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Additional details about regressions ------------------------------------ -What is the goal of the "no regressions rule"? +What is the goal of the "no regressions" rule? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Users should feel safe when updating kernel versions and not have to worry @@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ Exceptions to this rule are extremely rare; in the past developers almost always turned out to be wrong when they assumed a particular situation was warranting an exception. -Who ensures the "no regressions" is actually followed? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Who ensures the "no regressions" rule is actually followed? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The subsystem maintainers should take care of that, which are watched and supported by the tree maintainers -- e.g. Linus Torvalds for mainline and |