Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751460Ab3HSV1U (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:27:20 -0400 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:45317 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750925Ab3HSV1T (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:27:19 -0400 Message-ID: <1376947637.2016.39.camel@joe-AO722> Subject: Re: rfc: trivial patches and slow deaths? From: Joe Perches To: Jiri Kosina Cc: LKML , kernel-janitors Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:27:17 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <1376944033.2016.13.camel@joe-AO722> <1376946644.2016.35.camel@joe-AO722> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1064 Lines: 31 On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 23:22 +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Mon, 19 Aug 2013, Joe Perches wrote: > > > This is a 7 line patch that corrects logging defects that has had no > > reply from you for the last month. > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2833648/ > > This hasn't missed any Linus' major release, as it has been submitted post > 3.11 merge, right? (hint, that was Jul 4th). > > If this would miss *next* major Linus' release, I would accept your > complaints. But this is definitely not the case. You're suggesting this patch, which corrects obvious defects, should miss 3.12 and go into 3.13? I think that's wrong. I think it should be in -next now. It's not. What should any patch submitter expect about visibility and/or knowledge of the applicability of this sort of patch from trivial? -- 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/