Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262174AbVCCS1J (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:27:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262535AbVCCS0s (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:26:48 -0500 Received: from fire.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:54998 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261241AbVCCSZt (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:25:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:27:12 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jeff Garzik cc: Greg KH , "David S. Miller" , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering In-Reply-To: <422751C1.7030607@pobox.com> Message-ID: References: <42265A6F.8030609@pobox.com> <20050302165830.0a74b85c.davem@davemloft.net> <422674A4.9080209@pobox.com> <42268749.4010504@pobox.com> <20050302200214.3e4f0015.davem@davemloft.net> <42268F93.6060504@pobox.com> <4226969E.5020101@pobox.com> <20050302205826.523b9144.davem@davemloft.net> <4226C235.1070609@pobox.com> <20050303080459.GA29235@kroah.com> <4226CA7E.4090905@pobox.com> <422751C1.7030607@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1506 Lines: 33 On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > The only problem I see with this -- and its a minor problem -- is that > some patches that belong in the 2.6.X.Y tree go straight to you/Andrew, > rather than to $sucker. Yes. I think people will have to be taught, and get used to the new world order, and that could take a long time. And don't get me wrong, I include myself in those people, ie it's not just that everybody else needs to learn to Cc: the new group (I assume it's best to have a mailing alias, to allow the thing to have multiple people involved even before it gets to the vetting stage, and then have a _separate_ mail alias for the "vettign group" people). Think of how the -mm tree has evolved - with me and Andrew learning how the other side acts and works. This would be the same thing, except hopefully on a smaller scale (ie the _volume_ of patches had better be an order of magnited smaller not just in size but in number too). It wasn't just "let's set up Andrew". It was a learning experience. And yes, we'll probably get duplicated changes, _especially_ early on. But at least nobody seems to hate this idea, so I think we should drop the original even/odd suggestion for now, and see if this would make more sense.. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/