linux-kernel - Re: [ 00/78] 3.3.2-stable review

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Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:05:25 -0500
From:	Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com>
To:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Adrian Chadd <adrian@...ebsd.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sergio Correia <lists@...e.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	linux-wireless Mailing List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@....qualcomm.com>,
	"ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org" <ath9k-devel@...ema.h4ckr.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [ 00/78] 3.3.2-stable review

Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Stefan Richter wrote:

>> If you do not like to wait for Linus and Greg, you simply have to derive
>> an own kernel which additionally contains your preferred fixes.
>
> Yes, because clearly everybody thinks the process is perfect, and
> criticizing it is heresy.

Close.  Not everyone.  For example, you do not think the process is
perfect.

I don't think Stefan meant the above as tongue-in-cheek, for what it's
worth.  Another stable kernel with different rules really would be an
interesting exercise, and would probably fulfill a need for a certain
audience.

It's not like nobody does that already, anyway.  For example, I hear
Fedora has a kernel that they maintain well for a different audience,
using different rules.

Ciao,
Jonathan
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