Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262250AbVCIKSG (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 05:18:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262238AbVCIKSG (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 05:18:06 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:42506 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262270AbVCIKRw (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2005 05:17:52 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:17:28 +0000 From: Russell King To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Andi Kleen , Greg KH , Chris Wright , torvalds@osdl.org, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] -stable, how it's going to work. Message-ID: <20050309101728.A17289@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Arjan van de Ven , Andi Kleen , Greg KH , Chris Wright , torvalds@osdl.org, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050309072833.GA18878@kroah.com> <1110363060.6280.74.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1110363060.6280.74.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>; from arjan@infradead.org on Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 11:10:59AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1003 Lines: 27 On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 11:10:59AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 10:56 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > One rule I'm missing: > > > > - It must be accepted to mainline. > > > > I absolutely agree with Andi on this one. What about the case (as highlighted in previous discussions) that the stable tree needs a simple "dirty" fix, whereas mainline takes the complex "clean" fix? >From what's been said above, this means that the stable tree doesn't get the simple "dirty" fix, because that isn't what's been accepted into mainline. However, it could take the complex "clean" fix, but that may have too high an impact. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - 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/