linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag

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Message-ID: <87k3koxqdw.fsf@purkki.adurom.net>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:45:47 +0300
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...rom.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	ksummit-2013-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag

"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com> writes:

> Is having a flood of fixes in x.y.1 any worse than having to got to an
> -rc8 or an -rc9?

I think it's better to send less fixes to -rc8 or -rc9 and focus more on
testing. That way there should be less regressions in later stages of
-rc releases and especially in the final x.y.0 release.

Most of the time I don't even consider updating to the stable releases,
I just wait for the next .0 release from Linus. For this kind of
workflow there is a clear advantage of slowing down patch flow before
the release, better chances of not needing to update the kernel that
often.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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