Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754791Ab3GPKCs (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:02:48 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:52684 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753970Ab3GPKCr (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:02:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:02:44 +0200 From: Jan Kara To: Greg KH Cc: James Bottomley , ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag Message-ID: <20130716100244.GA25632@quack.suse.cz> References: <1373916476.2748.69.camel@dabdike> <20130715214422.GA2478@kroah.com> <1373951852.2148.9.camel@dabdike> <20130716062058.GB19052@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130716062058.GB19052@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1095 Lines: 23 On Mon 15-07-13 23:20:58, Greg KH wrote: > I think the real stable issue that _everyone_ keeps ignoring, is my > original complaint, in that people are using the -rc1 merge window to > get fixes in they should have sent to Linus for .0. > > I don't see anything you have written so far that will help resolve that > issue, which is not good, as that needs to be taken care of. Well, I remember Linus has said several times in case of more risky fixes that he'd rather see them in -rc1 with -stable tag than merging them (very) late in the -rc series. And frankly if the patch gets in in the merge window it doesn't get too much real testing before it is released in stable so how to treat such patches is a question. So I think we need to find a balance between what you and Linus ask for. Honza -- Jan Kara SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/