linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] out out damn perl

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Message-ID: <54BABE25.4030009@landley.net>
Date:	Sat, 17 Jan 2015 13:55:17 -0600
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] out out damn perl

On 01/17/2015 02:01 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> On Tue 2015-01-06 15:50:24, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:41:35 -0600 Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Commit e6023367d779 added perl back to the kernel build in -rc6.
>>> Replace 39 lines of perl with 4 lines of shell script.
...
>> - The offending commit has cc:stable, so have a think about adding a
>>   cc:stable to this one as well.
> 
> Actually, I don't think this should go to stable. I like the patch,
> but it is not a bug, and certainly not serious enough one.

As long as the kernel doesn't make a habit of it, I don't care if
there's a release or two embedded developers should skip. Under ideal
conditions BSPs only tend to update about once every 18 months, and
that's the _good_ ones.

Rob
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