linux-kernel - Re: [ 00/78] 3.3.2-stable review

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Date:	Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:33:59 +0300
From:	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Adrian Chadd <adrian@...ebsd.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Sergio Correia <lists@...e.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	linux-wireless Mailing List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@....qualcomm.com>,
	"ath9k-devel@...ts.ath9k.org" <ath9k-devel@...ema.h4ckr.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [ 00/78] 3.3.2-stable review

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 06:29:54PM +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> So, the hypothetical patch that was dropped in the stable review queue
>> yesterday has to be fixed in mainline too, just like the hypothetical
>> patch that made it to stable and was found problematic today has to be
>> fixed in mainline.
>
> Patches are not always dropped from the stable queue if we know they're
> causing issues, sometimes they're left pending in the queue. This is how
> Greg is able to ping developers from time to time.

That's news to me, but the important point remains; they don't make it
into the stable release, correct? Yet, we still expect them to be
fixed in mainline, correct?

>> Again, what makes a released patch undroppable?
>
> Being applied, in other words, having a commit ID in the branch.

Seriously? That's your reason?

Hey, thousands of users out there; the reason why we pushed a patch
that is known to be broken in v3.3.x is because it already has a
commit ID.

If that's your idea of a good reason then I don't see any point in
discussing with you any more. No offense intended.

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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