From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:32:13 -0500 Message-ID: <4B182E5D.2020905@garzik.org> References: <4B1771CD.3090409@garzik.org> <20091203165947.13841802@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4B17F7E4.9040302@garzik.org> <20091203.124804.168589603.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20091203.124804.168589603.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, bzolnier@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 12/03/2009 03:48 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Jeff Garzik > Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:39:48 -0500 > >> On 12/03/2009 11:59 AM, Alan Cox wrote: >>>> The merge window is upon us, which by strict rules means that anything >>>> not already in libata-dev.git#upstream needs to wait until 2.6.34. >>> >>> Not quite yet - Linus hasn't said "go" >> >> He rarely if ever says "go." The kernel X is released, and people >> send pull requests to Linus for X+1. He typically merges immediately, >> but does not push out the first set of merges for a few days. > > I don't think he even starts pulling until 1 or 2 days later. > > I personally never send him a pull request until a day or two in. In the past he has commented on pulls, indicating some sort of immediate action, yet not pushed for a few days. Not a big deal. Plenty of other people send pull requests immediately, even if you ignore the high-volume Ingo special case In any case, the basic point is that Linus does not say "go" for merge windows. People send, he pulls when he chooses, and pushes when he chooses. It's all very zen ;-) Jeff