linux-kernel - Re: Request to include Mailbox tree in linux-next

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Date:	Sat, 9 Aug 2014 01:58:57 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Tetsuya Takinishi <t.takinishi@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mollie Wu <mollie.wu@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...aro.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Green <andy.green@...aro.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Request to include Mailbox tree in linux-next

Hi Jassi,

On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 20:40:47 +0530 Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On 8 August 2014 20:11, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >> Upon Mark's suggestion (and the right thing to do) I wanted the patchset
> >> to live the cycle in linux-next.
> >
> > Yes, that's the right thing to do, but you sent the request at an
> > inappropriate time.  The correct time to send your request would be
> > after 3.17-rc1 has been released, IOW after the current merge window
> > is over.
> >
> > In general, kernel developers don't "remember" requests from one week
> > to the next; instead, we much prefer people send their requests at the
> > appropriate times in the development cycle.
> >
> OK, thanks for explaining.

As Russell has said, if you remind me after -rc1 is out, I will add
your tree then.  I will try to remember, but don't depend on it.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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