linux-kernel - Re: [RC6 Bell Chime] [PATCH 00/24] rfcomm fixes

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Date:	Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:53:33 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Sander Eikelenboom <linux@...elenboom.it>
Cc:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
	"bluez mailin list (linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org)" 
	<linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RC6 Bell Chime] [PATCH 00/24] rfcomm fixes

On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Sander Eikelenboom
<linux@...elenboom.it> wrote:
>
>
> Ok but the breakage/regression was known since around the merge window.
> I thought the "standard policy" when things cause new regression and are not fixable (too intrusive, too time consuming you
> name the reason), was to revert ..

It is indeed.

Guys, why is this being discussed? We should not release a
known-broken 3.14 just because the fix is too big for rc. Things
should be reverted.

                   Linus
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