netdev - Re: Report: iproute2 build broken?

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Message-ID: <CAM0EoMnoJq_4BRoTUxoSMfWDnydWC4xJhuhrfmpWC5AujmLrow@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 07:26:13 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>, Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Report: iproute2 build broken?

On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 3:07 PM Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 20:17:51 +0300
> Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 12:59:45PM -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> > > Thanks Ido. That fixed it.
> > > General question: do we need a "stable" iproute2?
> >
> > Maybe a new point release is enough (e.g., 5.18.1)?
>
>
> I don't think this is urgent enough for another release.

I was more wondering whether such a process even existed - it seems to
but then what is the criteria for deciding something deserves another release?
What was the motivation the last time?
Distros did their own thing in the past...

cheers,
jamal