Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:60558 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751126AbYIJNVZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:21:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:21:09 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Otto Solares Cc: Larry Finger , Greg KH , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Michael Buesch , Tim Gardner , Linus Torvalds , bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] b43legacy: Fix failure in rate-adjustment mechanism Message-ID: <20080910132108.GA5216@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080910_152129_131272_70AD2B86) References: <48c2fb5a.JqLELi8PJxjxmDaY%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <200809070040.04300.mb@bu3sch.de> <20080908053155.GI4099@kroah.com> <48C55153.3070309@lwfinger.net> <20080908205459.GC24557@tuxdriver.com> <20080910064044.GB8669@guug.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20080910064044.GB8669@guug.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:40:44AM -0600, Otto Solares wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 04:54:59PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:22:43AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > > > Greg KH wrote: > > >> > > >> Bug fixes, not new features, it's pretty simple :) > > > > > > Just bug fixes, or does it have to be a regression? > > > > As I understand it, the rule is more like "bug fixes that are committed > > in the linux-2.6 tree". Since Linus has become more strict about > > requiring "regressions only" after the merge window, that effectively > > enforces the "regressions only" rule on the -stable trees as well. > > In this case that rule is harming, is not idiotic to not accept bug > fixes early or later? I'm just the messenger...FWIW the argument is that even a "fix" can introduce a new "bug" somewhere else, often quite unexpectedly. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com