Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262059AbVCCUaQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:30:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262534AbVCCU1C (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:27:02 -0500 Received: from 213-239-205-147.clients.your-server.de ([213.239.205.147]:55722 "EHLO mail.tglx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262127AbVCCUXz (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:23:55 -0500 Subject: Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering From: Thomas Gleixner Reply-To: tglx@linutronix.de To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Adrian Bunk , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , "David S. Miller" , Andrew Morton , LKML In-Reply-To: <422768B4.3040506@pobox.com> References: <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> <20050303170808.GG4608@stusta.de> <1109877336.4032.47.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <422768B4.3040506@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 21:23:52 +0100 Message-Id: <1109881432.4032.69.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 (2.0.3-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1075 Lines: 25 On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 14:42 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 1) Release maintainers need to avoid merging non-bugfixes. Lately, the > key penguins _have_ been doing their job here. This manifested in > 2.6.11-rc4, 2.6.11-rc5. True, but the confidence of users in -rc is gone already. So testing happens when the "stable" release is out, but thats too late. > 2) This "flag day" when bugfixes-only mode starts needs to be completely > obvious to _scripts_ and really dumb people. Posting to LKML "with this > -rc, I am only taking serious bugfixes" doesn't cut it. There must be a > clear, consistent point where testing may begin. If you clearly seperate out the -rc process of the development tree then it is no question how dump scripts and people are. The -rc tree is untouchable for anything else than bugfixes. tglx - 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/