linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] new -stable tag variant, Git workflow question

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:50:45 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC] new -stable tag variant, Git workflow question

On 11/12/2009 09:01 AM, David Dillow wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 07:15 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 11/11/2009 11:45 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>
>>> That's already possible via the git-commits-head@...r.kernel.org email 
>>> list. Anyone can subscribe to it and can procmail process it. It is also 
>>
>> There are a couple of disadvantages with this -- a hera -> vger -> hera
>> bounce, in particular (those two machines are nowhere close to each
>> other, and there can be huge latecy.)  For real-time robots running on
>> hera, a lower-latency mechanism would be useful.
> 
> Change the hook on hera that sends the email to use a local alias that
> includes git-commits-header@...r and a local list that processes on hera
> can subscribe to? That could avoid the bounce...

Not really... a lot of the bounce delay is due to mail processing on
hera itself.

	-hpa

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