linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 000/243] 4.19.89-stable review

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Date:   Fri, 13 Dec 2019 05:56:41 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 000/243] 4.19.89-stable review

On 12/13/19 1:30 AM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.19.89 release.
>> There are 243 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
>> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
>> let me know.
>>
>> Responses should be made by Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:56:06 +0000.
>> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> Is there something funny going on with the timing, again? I see that
> 4.19.89 is already out:
> 

Just for the record, in my opinion it is perfectly fine to publish stable
releases early after all expected feedback is in. That lets me merge the
release early today and gives me time to fix any merge related problems.
I don't see the benefit of waiting until 14:46:07.

Guenter

> commit 312017a460d5ea31d646e7148e400e13db799ddc
> Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Date:   Fri Dec 13 08:52:59 2019 +0100
> 
>      Linux 4.19.89
> 
> Best regards,
> 								Pavel
>