Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] [2/4] Ensure recent mainline regression are fixed in latest stable series

Johannes Berg
2024-06-13T11:02:47Z

On Thu, 2024-06-13 at 10:32 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>
> I know I'm asking a lot here, especially from the file system folks due
> to the testing this will require. And I fully understand the
> participation in stable maintenance always has been and still is
> optional for mainline developers -- and that this would change it.
>
> But I'm bringing this up anyway, as users afaics expect "fix recently
> introduced problems with new minor releases'

You are saying that users can have it both ways: not test each release,
but actually get fixes in each release...

So no, I strongly object to putting *even* more work onto maintainers,
basically making us all responsible for stable releases.

johannes