On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 02:44:30 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:

On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:12:15 -0700
Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref] wrote:

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-Q: I see a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable.
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-Q: Should I request it via stable@vger.kernel.org like the references in
-the kernel's Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst file say?
+Q: I see a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable. Should I request it via stable@vger.kernel.org like the references in the kernel's Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst file say?
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I don't think that making these massive heading lines actually improves the
experience - for readers of either the plain-text or formatted docs.  If
you really want to create headings, the heading here should be "Stable
backports" or some such with the question appearing below.  But do the
questions really need to be headings?

I agree that this is suboptimal. I couldn't come up with a better way
of handling this. I think consistently formatting all questions in one
way and answers in another make the document far easier to interpret.
I had hard time follow the current formatting:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/netdev-FAQ.html#q-i-have-created-a-network-patch-and-i-think-it-should-be-backported-to-stable

Is there a more appropriate form of emphasis we could use here? Even
if we add independent headings questions should remain emphasised
_somehow_ I reckon..