linux-ext4 - Re: No ext4 patches in 2.6.29.1?

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Message-ID: <20090401163447.GL4529@mit.edu>
Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:34:47 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Holger Hoffstaette <holger@...ards.de>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: No ext4 patches in 2.6.29.1?

On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:40:53PM +0200, Holger Hoffstaette wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is not a complaint or bug report. :)
> I've been following the recent ext4 activity (purely as an interested user
> already running ext4 everywhere) and am somewhat concerned that Chris
> Wright's recent announcement of 2.6.29.1 does not seem to contain any ext4
> related fixes, like the "brown paper bag" lock typo or others. Is this
> just an oversight? I've had no problems with ext4 so far (knock on wood)
> but reading about some of the bugs here I'd rather have fixes sooner than
> later..release consistency, peace of mind and all that. Is this not how
> the stable release process is meant to work?

I was delayed in getting the ext4 fixes for 2.6.30 pushed to Linus,
and they have to be accepted in mainline before I can push them to
stable.  Sorry, things have been crazy busy for me this past week.

	 	       	    	       	    - Ted
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