linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans

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Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:36:55 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans

Andrew Morton wrote:
> If you think that shortening the release cycle will cause people to be more
> disciplined in their changes, to spend less time going berzerk and to spend
> more time working with our users and testers on known bugs then I'm all
> ears.

Honestly, I do think it would be positive.  It would shorten the 
feedback loop, and get more changes out to testers.

It would also decrease the pressure of the 60+ trees trying to get 
everything in, because they know the next release is 3-4 months away. 
It would be _much_ easier to say "break the generic device stuff in 
2.6.20 not 2.6.19, please" if we knew 2.6.20 wasn't going to be a 2007 
release.

	Jeff

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