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Date:   Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:09:02 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 000/243] 4.19.89-stable review
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On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 05:56:41AM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 12/13/19 1:30 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.19.89 release.
> > > There are 243 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > > let me know.
> > > 
> > > Responses should be made by Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:56:06 +0000.
> > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> > Is there something funny going on with the timing, again? I see that
> > 4.19.89 is already out:
> > 
> 
> Just for the record, in my opinion it is perfectly fine to publish stable
> releases early after all expected feedback is in. That lets me merge the
> release early today and gives me time to fix any merge related problems.
> I don't see the benefit of waiting until 14:46:07.

And that's exactly what I do.  I wait for the expected feedback to come
in and if it looks good, I do a release.

I ususally delay the "official" announcement a bit to give the Android
builder/testers some time to give feedback after I make the tarballs as
they are good at finding problems no one else seems to catch, and then I
do the email announcements.

thanks,

greg k-h