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

Sasha Levin
2024-06-13T13:39:18Z

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 01:21:15PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 01:02:44PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> 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.
>
>I also agree. Remember, the FIRST rule of us doing a stable release at
>all was that we would NOT put any extra work on any maintainer or
>developer that did not want to do anything extra. Let's not change that
>please.

Nor is this something we want to start policing on our end.

What happens if someone breaks this rule? Do we ban them from sending
stuff upstream?

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Thanks,
Sasha