From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Uwe Koziolek Subject: Re: libata-dev.git frozen Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:20:37 +0200 Message-ID: <45212E45.4000307@gmx.net> References: <451F3B33.3080000@garzik.org> <45202B9E.50503@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:37093 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964774AbWJBPUp (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:20:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <45202B9E.50503@gmx.net> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Uwe Koziolek schrieb: > Hi Jeff > > I have sent to you a patch for sata_sis withsis966 before the frozen > statement. But i have got no feedback from you. reject ? acknowledged > for 2.6.20? > What must I do?. > > regards, > Uwe Koziolek > > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Similar to the netdev announcement, libata-dev.git is now closed to >> new features. >> >> Though really, [my fault] I should have posted this as soon as the >> merge window opened. The stuff that goes into each new release, when >> the merge window opens, should be stuff that has already been through >> a round of testing in -mm. >> >> The updates presented in #upstream -- just minor stuff, really -- >> will go upstream tomorrow. Everything else will be fixes. >> >> And the message for the future is: don't wait until the merge window >> opens, to submit your code. Doing so means it doesn't get the normal >> amount of testing and review, and is thus discouraged. >> >> Jeff >> >