Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030367AbVLGVqF (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:46:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030369AbVLGVqF (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:46:05 -0500 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:4874 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030367AbVLGVqE (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:46:04 -0500 To: Rob Landley Cc: Chris Wright , Adrian Bunk , Greg KH , Jesper Juhl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <20051203225105.GO31395@stusta.de> <20051203233511.GL7991@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <200512051837.24187.rob@landley.net> From: Nix X-Emacs: you'll understand when you're older, dear. Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:38:12 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200512051837.24187.rob@landley.net> (Rob Landley's message of "6 Dec 2005 03:19:31 -0000") Message-ID: <87oe3svb97.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) 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: 1240 Lines: 27 On 6 Dec 2005, Rob Landley moaned: > On Saturday 03 December 2005 17:35, Chris Wright wrote: >> relevant. About the only thing I think is helpful in this case is perhaps >> one extra -stable cycle on the last branch when newest branch is released >> (basically flush the queue). That much I'm willing to do in -stable. > > Yay rah cool! Seconded (thirded?), this is a very good idea (and as it's just a queue flush is probably quite easy to do). That way those of us who are paranoid can upgrade our experimental boxes immediately, apply the latest -stable to the non-experimental boxes, and then cautiously upgrade those boxes when the experimental ones seem to be working OK. Currently whenever there's a non-stable kernel rev I'm filled with trepidation: do I upgrade the stable boxes and risk instability, or leave them as they are and risk insecurity? -- `Y'know, London's nice at this time of year. If you like your cities freezing cold and full of surly gits.' --- David Damerell - 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/