Re: Linux 2.6.16.y series

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 08:37:33AM -0400, Michael Krufky wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> >Is it still okay to submit patches for 2.6.16-stable? I guess "dirty
> >buffers flushing broken after resume" may count...
> >								Pavel
> > 
> >
> I was under the impression that 2.6.16.y was staying open for a much 
> longer time, as per Adrian's "2.6.16 long living kernel" announcement a 
> short while back.
> 
> I just assumed that the Greg and Chris were handling it until 2.6.18 
> gets released, and then Adrian takes over 2.6.16.y while the [stable] 
> team moves on to 2.6.17.y and 2.6.18.y ...  Was this an incorrect 
> assumption?

Greg told me they want to make one last 2.6.16.y release.

Greg and Chris don't maintain two series that long - check the date of 
the last 2.6.15.y release.

> ...and if not, should 2.6.16.y patches always be sent to 
> stable@kernel.org, or will Adrian have an alternate method for accepting 
> patches?

This is among the small technical issues that have to be discussed and 
solved.

> -Mike

cu
Adrian

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