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Message-Id: <20070719100346.a9e8b12b.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:03:46 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@...il.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"Nigel Cunningham" <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>,
"Oleg Nesterov" <oleg@...sign.ru>, "Pavel Machek" <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 0/5] Freezer update
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:30:54 -0500 "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@...il.com> wrote:
> On 7/18/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> > > so please consider them as 2.6.23 material.
> >
> > The door for new 2.6.23 material shut two weeks ago. Here, at least.
>
> So do you have a general guideline as to when you'd like patches sent
> to you for the next merge window? The releases are fairly
> predictable, so perhaps something like one of the later -rc candidates
> for the upcoming release?
>
> E.g. patches for 2.6.24 should be to you by 2.6.23-rc<N>?
That sounds about right. But nothing is cast in stone here: one needs
to take into account the urgency/desirability of the change, the perceived
benefit and risk, etc.
I do prefer that material has been out in at least one -mm release before
it goes mainline.
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