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From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Frank Sorenson <frank@tuxrocks.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Stable 2.6.x.y kernel series...
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:54:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42A5DF68.6040700@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42A5BA66.8040504@tuxrocks.com>

Frank Sorenson wrote:
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> Nick Craig-Wood wrote:
> 
>>Hearty agreement from me.
>>
>>The next hurdle for 2.6.11-stable is to make sure that everything that
>>went into it goes into 2.6.12.  Is there a procedure for that?
> 
> 
> Other way around.  In order to be accepted into -stable, it needs to
> already have been accepted into mainline.  More information at
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/4827/54751

It's more complex than that, because -stable allows simple fixes while a 
complex fix or even total rethink may be in mainline. I'm personally 
happy with that, although I don't know if it has actually happened.

-- 
    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
  last possible moment - but no longer"  -me

  reply	other threads:[~2005-06-07 17:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2005-06-07  8:26   ` Stable 2.6.x.y kernel series Nick Craig-Wood
2005-06-07 15:16     ` Frank Sorenson
2005-06-07 17:54       ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
     [not found] <4cHDt-8gT-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <4cHDt-8gT-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <4cHDt-8gT-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]     ` <4cOly-5Va-35@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-06-07 16:59       ` Nick Craig-Wood
2005-06-07 18:50         ` Chris Wright
2005-06-07 19:30           ` Nick Craig-Wood
2005-06-03 22:43 Jeff Garzik
2005-06-03 23:10 ` Grant Coady
2005-06-06 13:25 ` szonyi calin
2005-06-06 13:33   ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-06-06 17:58 ` Alan Cox

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