linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

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Date:	Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:48:04 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeff@...zik.org
Cc:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, bzolnier@...il.com,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:39:48 -0500

> On 12/03/2009 11:59 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> The merge window is upon us, which by strict rules means that anything
>>> not already in libata-dev.git#upstream needs to wait until 2.6.34.
>>
>> Not quite yet - Linus hasn't said "go"
> 
> He rarely if ever says "go."  The kernel X is released, and people
> send pull requests to Linus for X+1.  He typically merges immediately,
> but does not push out the first set of merges for a few days.

I don't think he even starts pulling until 1 or 2 days later.

I personally never send him a pull request until a day or two in.
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