Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:57:21 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Tony Luck <tony.luck@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 01:54:01PM -0700, Tony Luck wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> > We don't want to run daily snapshots of your tree though, right? Only
> > -rcs because the daily states are kinda arbitrary and they can be broken
> > in various ways. Or are we at a point in time where we can amend that
> > rule?
> 
> If *nobody* runs daily snapshots - then problems just sit latent all week until
> the -rc is released and people start testing. Doesn't sound optimal.
> 
> Running daily git snapshots can be "exciting" during the merge window. But
> I rarely see problems running a random build after -rc1.  If you are still
> running that ancient 3.11-rc6 released on Sunday - then you are missing out
> on 28 commits worth of goodness since then :-)

Damn, I'm such a l0z3r!
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