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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2023 13:17:07 +0000
From:   Chris Paterson <Chris.Paterson2@...esas.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
CC:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "patches@...ts.linux.dev" <patches@...ts.linux.dev>,
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Subject: RE: CIP doing -stable kernel testing -- was Re: [PATCH 6.1 000/887]
 6.1.16-rc2 review

> From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
> Sent: 09 March 2023 11:30
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > > Sent: 08 March 2023 09:30
> > >
> > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.16 release.
> > > There are 887 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.
> >
> > CIP testing did not find any problems with Linux 6.1.16-rc2 (bb4e875c8c41):
> > https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-testing/linux-stable-rc-ci/-
> /pipelines/800470660
> > https://gitlab.com/cip-project/cip-testing/linux-stable-rc-ci/-
> /commits/linux-6.1.y
> 
> Hey, that was supposed to be my line! :-).

:D

> 
> Well, in fact Chris is doing testing for CIP, and I was just
> announcing the results. We decided to test all the -stable releases,
> and due to increased ammount of emails, likely Chris will be
> announcing successful tests from now on.

And unsuccessful ones! :)

Chris

> 
> -stable is rather important for our work (and we'll likely be
> maintaining 6.1 for 10 years). We do have some resources we can
> dedicate to testing and stable maintainance, so if there's something
> else we could do, let us know and we might be able to arrange that.
> 
> Best regards,
> 								Pavel
> --
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