linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-mm1

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Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:25:27 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-mm1

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:50:11 PST, Arjan van de Ven said:
> > A bugfix?
> 
> yes it was a really painful bugfix, but still.

I'm not saying that it wasn't needed, it *was* a busticated API.

> I'll repeat the question. What would waiting for an -mm release have bought for this bugfix?
> Answer: nothing more than what was done on Linus git.

Just wondering what happened to the "large changes should percolate in -mm
for a bit beforehand" concept.  We've seen a lot of patchsets that totalled
up to a *lot* less intrusiveness get pushed off with "This needs to cook in
-mm for a while".  


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