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Message-ID: <46389BBF.5000508@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 10:10:07 -0400
From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
CC: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] to something appropriate (was Re: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans)
Chris Wright wrote:
> * Greg KH (greg@...ah.com) wrote:
>> And is this really a problem? The whole goal of the -stable tree was to
>> accomidate the users who relied on kernel.org kernels, and wanted
>> bugfixes and security updates. It was not for new features or new
>> hardware support.
>>
>> If people feel we should revisit this goal, then that's fine, and I have
>> no objection to that. But until then, I think the rules that we have
>> had in place for over the past 2 years should still remain in affect.
>
> I have to agree. I went back through my mbox and found vanishingly few
> pci_id update patches. So it's not clear there's even a big issue.
>
Of course you didn't find many -- most people know that's not part of
the -stable charter. If you asked for them you'd get them...
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