[LTP] [PATCH 1/1] doc/setup_mailinglist: Improve title, mention b4

Andrea Cervesato andrea.cervesato@suse.com
Thu Jan 22 10:41:16 CET 2026


Hi!

On Wed Jan 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM CET, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Title was misleading (we setup git, not the mailing list).
> While at it, mention also b4.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> ---
>  doc/developers/setup_mailinglist.rst | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/developers/setup_mailinglist.rst b/doc/developers/setup_mailinglist.rst
> index 80d5cb95a1..dd5fa27df1 100644
> --- a/doc/developers/setup_mailinglist.rst
> +++ b/doc/developers/setup_mailinglist.rst
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>  
> -Setting up the Mailing list
> -===========================
> +Setting up git for the LTP mailing list
> +=======================================
>  
>  Before using :manpage:`git-send-email(1)`, you need to set up your email client
>  to send emails from the command line. This typically involves configuring an
> @@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ For any corner case, please take a look at the
>      This method still works in most of the cases, but nowadays we often
>      require to setup a two factor authentication. If this is the case, please
>      consider setting up Git accordingly.
> +
> +    Instead of :manpage:`git-send-email(1)` you may want to use
> +    `b4 tool <https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/contributor/send.html>`_.
> +    See LTP ``b4`` configuration: :master:`.b4-config`.

+1 

I'm thinking that we might add a section for b4 setup and usage. I used
it for a long time now, so I can take care of it if needed.

We did it for ML, it's worth to do it for b4.

-- 
Andrea Cervesato
SUSE QE Automation Engineer Linux
andrea.cervesato@suse.com



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