Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:16:00 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
        Jochen Striepe <jochen@tolot.escape.de>, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
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        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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        Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
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Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:07:03PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 01:58:16PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > The point I'm making, we should be more reluctant in pulling patches
> > into stable as quick as we are. A patch ideally should simmer in
> > linux-next for a bit, then go into mainline.
> 
> Oh, and it is really debatable if the sheer volume of -stable patches is
> actually warranted - several people already raised the question whether
> we should be more conservative with the stable tag. But you're probably
> going to have this as one of the topics at KS...

And I pushed back on that.  Which specific stable patch should _not_
have been included?

I am going to be pickier (and already have, as some maintainers have
found out), with what I accept, but so far, the number of patches I've
rejected can be counted on one hand, a very small percentage of the
overall number of stable patches.

thanks,

greg k-h
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