linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:54:15 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, dhowells@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 09:40:21PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, David Miller wrote:
> 
> > From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:29:06 +0000
> > 
> > > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >  (a) just make the -rc's go on a few more weeks, and do 2.6.28 after xmas
> > > > 
> > > >      I like this, because alledgely people are debugging things, and we'd 
> > > >      get a more stable 2.6.28.
> > > 
> > > Which would perhaps mean that the merge window is open during LCA, which will
> > > be inconvenient for some people.  On the other hand, it might put the culprits
> > > where you can lay your hands on them.
> > 
> > That happened in Melbourne and it wasn't pleasant.  Instead
> > of enjoying talks at the conference some of us were stressing
> > out on our laptops dealing with our merges instead.
> 
> Yes. I definitely want to close the 29 merge window before LCA. In fact, I 
> want to close it far enough before that we can fix up any worst issues.
> 
> Which does argue for opening it up during the holidays, I guess.

You can do a release around 29th/30th December. This gives the people
who are on vacation until the new year still a week for merging stuff
and the merge window closes 4-5 days before people are leaving for
LCA.

Joerg

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