Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:08:28 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>, lwn@lwn.net,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 03:48:52PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:40:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > - I will wait for a -rc to come out with the patch in it before putting
> >   it into a stable release, unless:
> 
> Question: what's the exact reasoning of that delay? To get more people
> who install -rc kernels to smoke-test patches tagged for stable.

Yes.

> What happens if the bug gets detected *after* you've taken the patch? We
> probably end up in the same situation.

Yes we will, but this does give us a bit more testing, right?  That's
the point of the delay.

thanks,

greg k-h
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