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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:48:52 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, lwn@....net, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:40:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > - I will wait for a -rc to come out with the patch in it before putting > it into a stable release, unless: Question: what's the exact reasoning of that delay? To get more people who install -rc kernels to smoke-test patches tagged for stable. What happens if the bug gets detected *after* you've taken the patch? We probably end up in the same situation. I guess I'm questioning the usefullness of such a delay period... Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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