Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751716Ab3HTWkf (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:40:35 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:38460 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751311Ab3HTWkd (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:40:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:40:32 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , stable , lwn@lwn.net Cc: Guenter Roeck , Hugh Dickins , Johannes Berg , Borislav Petkov , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Proposed stable release changes Message-ID: <20130820224032.GA20491@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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: 1403 Lines: 36 Hi all, Given that I had to just revert a patch in the recent stable releases that didn't get enough time to "bake" in Linus's tree (or in -next), I figured it was worth discussing some possible changes with how "fast" I pick up patches for stable releases. So, how about this proposal: - I will wait for a -rc to come out with the patch in it before putting it into a stable release, unless: - the maintainer ACKs it, or sends it directly (like DaveM does for networking patches) - I have seen enough discussion about a patch to show that it really does fix something / is good / doesn't cause problems. - obviously safe, i.e. "add a device id" type thing. Given that we have -rc releases every week, except for the initial -rc1 release, I don't think this will really cause any major delays. Also, now that we are about to head into my busy "travel season", odds are, I'll be at least a week behind anyway, so this would probably start happening without an "official" change. It's been a boring summer, I've been able to keep up with the stable stuff really easily, causing problems like this :) Objections? Comments? thanks, greg k-h -- 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/