linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] When to push bug fixes to mainline

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Message-ID: <CA+5PVA59P5b+ohB6=7OVz=zNU6m6U4YC0PhX6GtPJU9381DY9Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:19:22 -0400
From:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	ksummit-2013-discuss@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] When to push bug fixes to mainline

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
>> > Maybe the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of holding back
>> > changes and trying to avoid the risk of introducing regressions;
>> > perhaps this would be a good topic to discuss at the Kernel Summit.
>>
>> Bah, I sent out a similar email about discussing this at KS too. Before
>> seeing this one.
>
> If this is going to be picked up as a discussion topic at KS, I believe it
> can be easily merged with my "stable: too pushy maintainers" proposal I
> sent a couple days ago.

Yes, I agree.

josh
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