linux-kernel - Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:13:05 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Latest kernel stable/longterm status

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 01:42:08PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 13:32, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 01:37, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> >> First off, please everyone remember to mark any patch that you want to
> >> have applied to the stable kernel trees with a simple:
> >>        Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> >> marking in the Signed-off-by: area.  Once the patch hits Linus's tree, I
> >> will automatically be notified of it and it will be applied if possible.
> >> If it does not applied, you will be notified of that.
> >
> > How do you want us to specify to which versions it should be applied?
> 
> Cc: v3.2, v3.1, ... <stable@...r.kernel.org>

That can work, or if you read Documenation/stable_kernel_rules.txt you
can see some other ways to nicely do this :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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