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From:   Thomas Backlund <tmb@mageia.org>
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Den 16-04-2018 kl. 19:19, skrev Sasha Levin:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:12:24PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:02:03 +0000
>> Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> One of the things Greg is pushing strongly for is "bug compatibility":
>>> we want the kernel to behave the same way between mainline and stable.
>>> If the code is broken, it should be broken in the same way.
>>
>> Wait! What does that mean? What's the purpose of stable if it is as
>> broken as mainline?
> 
> This just means that if there is a fix that went in mainline, and the
> fix is broken somehow, we'd rather take the broken fix than not.
> 
> In this scenario, *something* will be broken, it's just a matter of
> what. We'd rather have the same thing broken between mainline and
> stable.
> 

Yeah, but _intentionally_ breaking existing setups to stay "bug 
compatible" _is_ a _regression_ you _really_ _dont_ want in a stable
supported distro. Because end-users dont care about upstream breaking
stuff... its the distro that takes the heat for that...

Something "already broken" is not a regression...

As distro maintainer that means one now have to review _every_ patch 
that carries "AUTOSEL", follow all the mail threads that comes up about 
it, then track if it landed in -stable queue, and read every response 
and possible objection to all patches in the -stable queue a second time 
around... then check if it still got included in final stable point 
relase and then either revert them in distro kernel or go track down all 
the follow-up fixes needed...

Just to avoid being "bug compatible with master"

--
Thomas