linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: please clean up the livepatching tree

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Message-ID: <20250819000007.7cf7b8d9@canb.auug.org.au>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:07 +1000
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
 Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>, Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
 Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Next
 Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: please clean up the livepatching tree

Hi Petr,

On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:32:55 +0200 Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
>
> Just to be sure. What is exactly the problem, the merge commits or
> that it has not been updated since March, please?

The merge commits.  Everyday linux-next contained those 70 merges that
added nothing except to complicate the history.

I don't start looking to drop branches from linux-next until they have
not been updated for over a year.

> I have just removed the merge commits.

Thanks.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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