linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [patch 24/46] r6040: bump release number to 0.19

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Message-ID: <20090123075334.GA1415@1wt.eu>
Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:53:34 +0100
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Domenico Andreoli <cavokz@...il.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Jake Edge <jake@....net>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@...checkpoint.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 24/46] r6040: bump release number to 0.19

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 06:04:03PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 02:31:22AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > > 2.6.28-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > > 
> > 
> > It's simple enough, sure, but it doesn't really conform to the guidelines 
> > set out for -stable patches in Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt : 
> > 
> > ...
> >  - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a
> >    problem..." type thing).
> > ...
> >  - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
> >    whitespace cleanups, etc).
> > ...
> > 
> > I'm trying to come up with some real problem this fixes and a reason why 
> > we want it in -stable, but I cannot...
> 
> You missed the patches leading up to this one that updated the driver to
> this version number, without changing the number.  This patch is then
> valid.

I too find it important for bug reports that version numbers reflect the
driver status as close as possible.

Willy

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