Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:57:46 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>, lwn@lwn.net,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 04:12:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:58:15AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:40:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > In the last discussion you initiated on the subject, I proposed something
> > even more conservative which was the same as above except instead of
> > "wait for a -rc", it was "wait for rc1 after a full release containing
> > the patch", unless one of the conditions you proposed, or another one
> > which would be a tag "urgent" or something like this in the patch.
> 
> Waiting 3 months is too long, in my opinion, sorry.
> 
I definitely agree.

Guenter
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