linux-kernel - Re: 5.13.2-rc and others have many not for stable

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:24:53 +0200
From:   Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 5.13.2-rc and others have many not for stable

On 14. 07. 21, 3:28, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Alternatively I could just invent a new tag to replace the "Fixes:"
> ("Fixes-no-backport?") to be used on patches which fix a known previous
> commit but which we don't want backported.

Or what about:
No-stable: <reason>
like:
No-stable: too intrusive
No-stable: too dangerous
No-stable: <5.10, isn't vulnerable

So that the reason is known at least.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs