linux-kernel - Re: USB tree now closed for 3.11

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1306251119100.1340-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:21:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: USB tree now closed for 3.11

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, Greg KH wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> With the release of the 3.10-rc7 kernel, I think it's time to close the
> USB tree for new features / cleanups for 3.11.  So I'm closing my
> tree, and will only be applying obvious bugfixes or regressions to it
> until 3.11-rc1 comes out.
> 
> You can keep sending me patches for the tree that don't fit the "bugfix"
> category, but note that I'll be storing them away to wait for 3.11-rc1
> comes out, which might be a few weeks, so please be patient.
> 
> The USB tree right now contains 382 patches, and the diffstat
> summary is:
> 	 410 files changed, 18183 insertions(+), 4956 deletions(-)

Instead of storing away new patches where people can't easily get at
them, you could create a temporary branch to hold them until 3.11-rc1
is released.  Would that involve a significant amount of extra work?

Alan Stern

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