Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755650Ab3GUPKG (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:10:06 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:34388 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755542Ab3GUPKE (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:10:04 -0400 Message-ID: <1374419389.16533.86.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag From: Ben Hutchings To: Rob Landley Cc: James Bottomley , ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 16:09:49 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1374379903.3719.25@driftwood> References: <1374379903.3719.25@driftwood> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qBE16bcljSVcpo9DXiOh" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-3 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.101 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2295 Lines: 63 --=-qBE16bcljSVcpo9DXiOh Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 23:11 -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 07/15/2013 02:27:56 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > > Before the "3.10.1-stable review" thread degenerated into a =20 > > disagreement > > about habits of politeness, there were some solid points being made > > which, I think, bear consideration and which may now be lost. > >=20 > > The problem, as Ji=C5=99=C3=AD Kosina put is succinctly is that the = =20 > > distributions > > are finding stable less useful because it contains to much stuff =20 > > they'd > > classify as not stable material. >=20 > Does anybody actually review hundred-patch dumps for stable stuff? [...] I review what I can, but recently have often missed the 2 day review period. Review from the authors and maintainers is probably more valuable than that from generalists on the stable list. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. - Anne Morrow Lindber= g --=-qBE16bcljSVcpo9DXiOh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUAUev5vee/yOyVhhEJAQqkBxAAo6VXsX9HIHm21Z8o9VUAs2y5Dzmi4I1f UpiXWjAShuBpzEUKxK0Y1kbpxvuy9qWVy24f2f0bm5878jnsXI3ehR3JCsZsRFcc 2Fp/807XN9w9KZS1ILcoSe5NxxiZEyoAExkdr0/gHxiyrPb6/aXkYpUSUpkfC096 ZzsMbGjeNWSAlhOtzNZhuAOmbFE0mwtOfuQigJHaVFxxy0NpgYP7Xvz8KsedJzjr 3exjhZjic+vxeIUPd3zP8DkGQXEiQrhPUCgMkTMldk3Cn+NY/VtUdbjvmVRQxhBJ 9RHBcG6yYAOMHXRnkZK0T8VETKIbEZPX/iJDN0cO6BfHIa4XzpFbA+5tv0WrbRJE kRdttSM/G0KSahV0y3yo4073J1TSadn7TEHrcxKkfzRNmexKGKHpk3unKP8OPbTh MZUejsXp5iWsV3IKVY8NiCYPYNoR5I39hhupRXqSAunI/cYo4z6dNq/xwQ5/n4lO d9QxU5ILfQ3fuCFgRyWjvJPJOdenRpZVQ1+j7lEPKmA+0lw0bjldHo76bHhu0QVL pyDJxUVIr9X1WLrtJ2SMe5/mWjikHaS6gJ+6AdYmHQOvFKTHkIEC3y6h3pHS6V68 NLQP3Y3WgHpaKjLoNaNUtNaKVEYfZMu3oZdl2gEerLEafTYeNlNjw7c9EDjKJRUy 8q8oTO6Ncqg= =tWsF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qBE16bcljSVcpo9DXiOh-- -- 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/