From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
lwn@lwn.net, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Proposed stable release changes
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:08:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130821170828.GA14784@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130821134852.GA4562@nazgul.tnic>
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 03:48:52PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:40:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > - I will wait for a -rc to come out with the patch in it before putting
> > it into a stable release, unless:
>
> Question: what's the exact reasoning of that delay? To get more people
> who install -rc kernels to smoke-test patches tagged for stable.
Yes.
> What happens if the bug gets detected *after* you've taken the patch? We
> probably end up in the same situation.
Yes we will, but this does give us a bit more testing, right? That's
the point of the delay.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-21 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-20 22:40 Proposed stable release changes Greg KH
2013-08-20 22:58 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-08-20 23:12 ` Greg KH
2013-08-20 23:57 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-08-21 5:24 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-08-20 23:04 ` Nicholas A. Bellinger
2013-08-20 23:12 ` Greg KH
2013-08-20 23:11 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-08-20 23:17 ` Greg KH
2013-08-21 0:11 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-08-21 0:42 ` Greg KH
2013-08-20 23:40 ` Josh Boyer
2013-08-20 23:57 ` Greg KH
2013-08-21 0:41 ` Josh Boyer
2013-08-21 0:49 ` Greg KH
2013-08-21 1:03 ` Josh Boyer
2013-08-21 1:11 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-08-21 18:15 ` Greg KH
2013-08-21 5:38 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-08-21 13:37 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-21 17:23 ` Jochen Striepe
2013-08-21 17:58 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-21 20:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-21 20:16 ` Greg KH
2013-08-21 21:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-21 13:42 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-21 14:17 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-08-21 14:54 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-24 18:45 ` Stefan Richter
2013-08-21 13:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-21 17:08 ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-08-21 18:20 ` Stephen Warren
2013-08-21 18:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-08-21 20:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-21 20:54 ` Tony Luck
2013-08-22 8:57 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-22 10:59 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-08-22 0:05 ` Stephen Rothwell
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