linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.21

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:44:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21



On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
> If the result is fixing things which then don't get fixed in mainline, as
> Adrian notes

That whole premise is flawed. The *rule* for the stable tree is that 
things don't get merged into the stable tree unless they are fixed in 
mainline already. 

We had that problem in the 2.4.x / 2.5.x split. I think we learnt our 
lesson.

			Linus
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