linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:57:23 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 09:40:58AM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 05:04:39PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> >  (a) just make the -rc's go on a few more weeks, and do 2.6.28 after xmas
> > 
> >      I like this, because alledgely people are debugging things, and we'd 
> >      get a more stable 2.6.28.
> >
> 
> I'll vote for a. An open merge window over the holidays possible results
> in needless stresses for the developers at a time which some of them
> want to use otherwise. Or if any merge introduces bad bugs and the
> developers that can fix it are on xmax vacation we may end up with an
> unusable upstream tree for a week or so. Same with merge conflicts.
> So, I'd suggest to wait until everybody is back to work until opening
> the merge window.

I'd vote for (a) as well, and hopefully folks who are really
conscientious can do some integration testing of linux-next and can
report problems there to make the merge window go more smoothly after
the New Year's.

							- Ted
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