linux-kernel - Re: Proposed stable release changes

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Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:05:42 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, lwn@....net,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes

On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:36:05 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org> wrote:
> > On 08/20/2013 04:40 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> > Presumably the idea is that much useful testing only happens on -rc
> > kernels rather than linux-next or arbitrary points in Linus' tree.
> 
> Linux-next gets little to no testing outside of compiles.

Besides which, regression fixes often get no exposure in linux-next anyway.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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