linux-kernel - Re: Proposed stable release changes

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Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:59:47 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com> wrote:
> Running daily git snapshots can be "exciting" during the merge window. But
> I rarely see problems running a random build after -rc1.  If you are still

Indeed.

> running that ancient 3.11-rc6 released on Sunday - then you are missing out
> on 28 commits worth of goodness since then :-)

Yeah, that's why I almost started debugging the non-appearance of my
shiny new procfs entry. Still running 3.11-rc6 :-(
Then I remembered the proc_readdir() issues...

Perhaps -rc7 should have been released immediately after those fixes ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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