linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches

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Message-ID: <20180509155733.GA13575@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Wed, 9 May 2018 08:57:33 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, "w@....eu" <w@....eu>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org" 
        <ksummit-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] bug-introducing patches

On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 08:47:27PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Wed, 9 May 2018 18:03:46 +0900 Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 10:47:57AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:  
> > 
> > > > I think this is an excellent idea, copying in Stephen for his input.
> > > > I'm currently on holiday but unless someone convinces me it's a terrible
> > > > idea I'm willing to at least give it a go on a trial basis once I'm back
> > > > home.  
> > 
> > > Since Stephen merges all -fixes branches first, before merging all the
> > > -next branches, he already generates that as part of linux-next. All
> > > he'd need to do is push that intermediate state out to some
> > > linux-fixes branch for consumption by test bots.
> 
> Good idea ... I will see what I can do.
>   
> > True.  It's currently only those -fixes branches that people have asked
> > him to merge separately which isn't as big a proportion of trees as have
> > them (perhaps fortunately given people's enthusiasm for fixes branches
> > that don't merge cleanly with their development branches) so we'd also
> > need to encourage people to add them separately.
> 
> I currently have 44 such fixes branches.  More welcome!
> 
Please add

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git hwmon

as fixes branch.

Thanks,
Guenter

> -- 
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell

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