From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Cc: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org, Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
kuba@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 13:20:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y+Iz6dYsiwXnPCUw@unreal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3940036.VdNmn5OnKV@ripper>
On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 11:57:41AM +0100, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 February 2023 11:41:53 CET Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > Once you stop to update version, you will push users to look on the real
> > version (kernel) which really matters.
>
> I would have understood if you say "let us use a magic value like 'in-tree' or
> 'linux'" but setting it to an old (existing) version number - I don't want to
> live with the headaches it creates. Because this is what users often don't
> (want) to understand: if it looks like a valid version number, why isn't it
> the valid version number? So I have to do a lot of pushing - without any
> rewards because it is necessary to push every new "user".
I'm not sharing your view about users and think they need to be educated,
even it is hard and non-rewarding job.
Thanks
>
> Kind regards,
> Sven
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Cc: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org, "Jiri Pirko" <jiri@resnulli.us>,
"Linus Lüssing" <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>,
kuba@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 13:20:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y+Iz6dYsiwXnPCUw@unreal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3940036.VdNmn5OnKV@ripper>
On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 11:57:41AM +0100, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 February 2023 11:41:53 CET Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > Once you stop to update version, you will push users to look on the real
> > version (kernel) which really matters.
>
> I would have understood if you say "let us use a magic value like 'in-tree' or
> 'linux'" but setting it to an old (existing) version number - I don't want to
> live with the headaches it creates. Because this is what users often don't
> (want) to understand: if it looks like a valid version number, why isn't it
> the valid version number? So I have to do a lot of pushing - without any
> rewards because it is necessary to push every new "user".
I'm not sharing your view about users and think they need to be educated,
even it is hard and non-rewarding job.
Thanks
>
> Kind regards,
> Sven
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-07 11:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-27 10:21 [PATCH 0/5] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2023-01-27 Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-30 7:40 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2023-01-30 14:55 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-02-02 18:44 ` Linus Lüssing
2023-02-02 18:44 ` Linus Lüssing
2023-02-03 8:29 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-02-03 8:29 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-02-03 9:38 ` Sven Eckelmann
2023-02-03 9:38 ` Sven Eckelmann
2023-02-07 9:02 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-02-07 9:02 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-02-07 9:50 ` Sven Eckelmann
2023-02-07 9:50 ` Sven Eckelmann
2023-02-07 10:41 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-02-07 10:41 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-02-07 10:57 ` Sven Eckelmann
2023-02-07 10:57 ` Sven Eckelmann
2023-02-07 11:20 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
2023-02-07 11:20 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-01-27 10:21 ` [PATCH 2/5] batman-adv: Drop prandom.h includes Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` [PATCH 3/5] batman-adv: Fix mailing list address Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` [PATCH 4/5] batman-adv: mcast: remove now redundant single ucast forwarding Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` [PATCH 5/5] batman-adv: tvlv: prepare for tvlv enabled multicast packet type Simon Wunderlich
2023-01-27 10:21 ` Simon Wunderlich
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-08-24 16:27 [PATCH 0/5] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2020-08-24 Simon Wunderlich
2020-08-24 16:27 ` [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle Simon Wunderlich
2020-08-24 16:27 ` Simon Wunderlich
2020-04-27 15:06 [PATCH 0/5] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2020-04-27 Simon Wunderlich
2020-04-27 15:06 ` [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle Simon Wunderlich
2020-04-27 15:06 ` Simon Wunderlich
2019-11-05 9:35 [PATCH 0/5] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2019-11-05 Simon Wunderlich
2019-11-05 9:35 ` [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle Simon Wunderlich
2018-09-19 12:32 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 0/5] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2018-09-19 Simon Wunderlich
2018-09-19 12:32 ` [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle Simon Wunderlich
2018-03-02 17:57 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 0/5] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2018-03-02 Simon Wunderlich
[not found] ` <20180302175745.12551-1-sw-2YrNx6rUIHYiY0qSoAWiAoQuADTiUCJX@public.gmane.org>
2018-03-02 17:57 ` [PATCH 1/5] batman-adv: Start new development cycle Simon Wunderlich
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