Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:26:04 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [patch 07/76] NIU: Bump driver version and release date.
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: "Pekka Enberg" <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:57:29 +0200

> Furthermore, I honestly don't see how your patch meets the (rather
> strict) requirements of stable series either.

Show how changing a version string can cause a regression for
a user.

Then I'll stop being angry about all the time that is being wasted on
this topic.
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