linux-kernel - Re: Proposed stable release changes

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Message-ID: <CA+8MBbKxcQCq8XdYakG5Dg8F_G8NunQjca-TyZbn4q0v3okaqw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:54:01 -0700
From:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.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 Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> We don't want to run daily snapshots of your tree though, right? Only
> -rcs because the daily states are kinda arbitrary and they can be broken
> in various ways. Or are we at a point in time where we can amend that
> rule?

If *nobody* runs daily snapshots - then problems just sit latent all week until
the -rc is released and people start testing. Doesn't sound optimal.

Running daily git snapshots can be "exciting" during the merge window. But
I rarely see problems running a random build after -rc1.  If you are still
running that ancient 3.11-rc6 released on Sunday - then you are missing out
on 28 commits worth of goodness since then :-)

-Tony
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