Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750820AbWA2Jtl (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:49:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750832AbWA2Jtl (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:49:41 -0500 Received: from tachyon.quantumlinux.com ([64.113.1.99]:3009 "EHLO tachyon.quantumlinux.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750820AbWA2Jtk (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:49:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:50:16 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Wolber X-X-Sender: chuckw@localhost.localdomain To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cc: Greg KH , stable@kernel.org, Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, trivial@rustcorp.com.au Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt: Clarification Message-ID: X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . 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: 896 Lines: 22 This reflects the clarification made on what patches the -stable team accepts. This applies cleanly to the 2.6.16-rc1 kernel. Signed-off-by: Chuck Wolber --- --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt 2006-01-16 23:44:47.000000000 -0800 +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt 2006-01-29 01:45:44.000000000 -0800 @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ whitespace cleanups, etc). - It must be accepted by the relevant subsystem maintainer. - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. + - Patches for any 2.6 stable kernel release will be considered. Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - 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/