svn commit: r53147 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports

[Mark Linimon]

Author: linimon
Date: Fri Jun 14 09:22:49 2019
New Revision: 53147
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53147

Log:
  Remove text about including text such as [patch] or [maintainer update]
  in the Synopsis.  This has been bad advice for a number of years.  The
  Keywords field has supplanted this.
  
  This article is still very, very, stale and needs more work.
  
  Reported by:	koobs

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.xml	Fri Jun 14 00:38:53 2019	(r53146)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.xml	Fri Jun 14 09:22:49 2019	(r53147)
@@ -328,19 +328,14 @@
 	<listitem>
 	  <para><emphasis>If you have a patch, say so.</emphasis>
 	    A PR with a patch included is much more likely to be
-	    looked at than one without.  If you are including one, put
-	    the string <literal>[patch]</literal> (including the
-	    brackets) at the beginning of the <quote>Synopsis</quote>.
-	    (Although it is not mandatory to use that exact string, by
-	    convention, that is the one that is used.)</para>
+	    looked at than one without.  Please set the
+	    <literal>patch</literal> Keyword in Bugzilla.</para>
 	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>
 	  <para><emphasis>If you are a maintainer, say so.</emphasis>
 	    If you are maintaining a part of the source code (for
-	    instance, a port), you might consider adding the string
-	    <literal>[maintainer update]</literal> (including the
-	    brackets) at the beginning of your synopsis line, and you
+	    instance, an existing port), you
 	    definitely should set the <quote>Class</quote> of your PR
 	    to <literal>maintainer-update</literal>.  This way any
 	    committer that handles your PR will not have to
@@ -611,13 +606,6 @@
 	    email, and is used in problem report listings and
 	    summaries; problem reports with obscure synopses tend to
 	    get ignored.</para>
-
-	  <para>As noted above, if your problem report includes a
-	    patch, please have the synopsis start with
-	    <literal>[patch]</literal> (including the brackets); if
-	    this is a ports PR and you are the maintainer, you may
-	    consider adding <literal>[maintainer update]</literal>
-	    (including the brackets).</para>
 	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>