Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:18:44 +0100 (BST)
From: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
To: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com>
cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-mm@kvack.org, aarcange@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ksm: change default values to better fit into mainline
 kernel
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On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Izik Eidus wrote:
> On 09/24/2009 06:52 PM, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > You rather caught me by surprise with this one, Izik: I was thinking
> > more rc7 than rc1 for switching it off;
> 
> I thought that after the merge window -> only fixes can get in, but I guess I
> was wrong...

Linus much prefers new features in rc1, though sometimes allowed in rc2;
from then on it should be mainly bugfixing, yes, but lots of work does
go in then, and tweaks to defaults, additions to documentation, etc,
are perfectly acceptable.

Hugh
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