From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:52:04 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Igor Grinberg Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [000/129] 3.2.2-stable review Message-ID: <20120124165204.GB26552@suse.de> References: <20120124024041.GA18422@kroah.com> <4F1E5B88.50801@compulab.co.il> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F1E5B88.50801@compulab.co.il> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 09:19:36AM +0200, Igor Grinberg wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On 01/24/12 04:40, Greg KH wrote: > > #include > > #define RELEASE 3.2.2-rc1 > > #define NUM_PATCHES 129 > > #define RESPONSE_DATE "Wed, Jan 25, 2012 20:00:00 +0000" > > #define LOCATION kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/stable-review/patch-3.2.2-rc1.gz > > > > diffstat below, no one really reads these things anyway... > > This is not exactly true... > I'm (and I think I'm not the only one) going through the diffstat > to see if there are any files of my interest involved, > because it is not always straight forward to understand what > the patch subject means and also there are too many of them to read all... > So, for me, the compromise between being updated on important issues > and spend not too much time reading patches subjects/message is > read the diffstat and if I find anything that is of my interest, > then go to the patches... > May be not the best, but works for me... Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that no one reads the diffstat, I ment the other generic wording that I've had in the announcement emails for the past 6 years. Glad it's still useful for you. greg k-h