Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-ve0-f173.google.com ([209.85.128.173]:37169 "EHLO mail-ve0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935457Ab3DHNC6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:02:58 -0400 Received: by mail-ve0-f173.google.com with SMTP id cy12so5393756veb.32 for ; Mon, 08 Apr 2013 06:02:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130408120625.GA9924@umich.edu> References: <1365196588-25403-1-git-send-email-Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> <1365280195.3651.4.camel@leira.trondhjem.org> <20130408120625.GA9924@umich.edu> From: William Dauchy Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:02:37 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Stable patches for NFSv4/4.1 trunking To: Jim Rees Cc: "Myklebust, Trond" , Linux NFS mailing list , Chuck Lever , "Schumaker, Bryan" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Jim Rees wrote: > Every patch, no matter how "obviously" correct, carries a risk of > introducing new bugs. Trond is responsible for weighing the risk of new bugs > against the benefit of fixing old ones. He has a lot of experience doing > this. If he makes a mistake, he takes the heat for your bugs. Introducing a > new bug into stable is a lot worse than introducing one into -next. agreed. I understand the point of view. -- William