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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:14:32 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > 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. > If Adrian cares to note which two regressions he had in mind in his previous post <20070426125802.GL3468@...sta.de> or what the exact timing was I'll let him continue this. > We had that problem in the 2.4.x / 2.5.x split. I think we learnt our > lesson. > I'd love to think that's the case. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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