From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: No ext4 patches in 2.6.29.1? Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:34:47 -0400 Message-ID: <20090401163447.GL4529@mit.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Holger Hoffstaette Return-path: Received: from THUNK.ORG ([69.25.196.29]:60148 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761066AbZDAQex (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:34:53 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:40:53PM +0200, Holger Hoffstaette wrote: > > Hi, > > This is not a complaint or bug report. :) > I've been following the recent ext4 activity (purely as an interested user > already running ext4 everywhere) and am somewhat concerned that Chris > Wright's recent announcement of 2.6.29.1 does not seem to contain any ext4 > related fixes, like the "brown paper bag" lock typo or others. Is this > just an oversight? I've had no problems with ext4 so far (knock on wood) > but reading about some of the bugs here I'd rather have fixes sooner than > later..release consistency, peace of mind and all that. Is this not how > the stable release process is meant to work? I was delayed in getting the ext4 fixes for 2.6.30 pushed to Linus, and they have to be accepted in mainline before I can push them to stable. Sorry, things have been crazy busy for me this past week. - Ted