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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:23:22 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16.30-pre1 On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 10:17:53AM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > Adrian, when you have a doubt whether such a fix should go into next > > > release, simply tell people about the problem and ask them to test > > > current driver. If nobody encounters the problem, you can safely keep > > > the patch in your fridge until someone complains. By that time, the > > > risks associated with this patch will be better known. > > > > It's not that I wanted to upgrade ACPI to the latest version. > > > > And my rules are: > > - patch must be in Linus' tree > > - I'm asking the patch authors and maintainers of the affected subsystem > > whether the patch is OK for 2.6.16 > > I thought stable rules were longer than this... including 'patch must > be < 100 lines' and 'must be bugfix for serious bug'. Changing rules > for -stable series in the middle of it seems like a bad idea... I stated what I'd do with 2.6.16 before I took over maintainance. > Maybe you can keep -ab with relaxed rules and -stable with original > rules? Much would be possible under the assumption I had unlimited time... > Pavel cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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