Re: [PATCH 6.19 000/844] 6.19.6-rc1 review

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 04:15:04PM +0100, Peter Schneider wrote:
>Am 01.03.2026 um 13:05 schrieb Mark Brown:
>[...]
>>I've previously noted that releasing -rcs on a Friday afternoon isn't
>>good for ensuring coverage (this was what happened with 6.19.2 and
>>related releases...), the same is also true for releasing them on a
>>Saturday with a deadline that's very early on Monday for a lot of the
>>world.
>
>I second that, and would like to suggest that when a stable RC release 
>is done on a Friday afternoon or even on a Saturday, it would be 
>better to extend the response deadline until Tuesday afternoon, so 
>that people who want to help with testing have a chance to do so 
>without having to "sacrifice" weekend/family time.

As far as the -rc goes, we just release it whenever our queues get longer. I
don't think that that matters if that goes out on a Friday.

For the release deadline, you definitely shouldn't sacrifice personal time to
test: at the end of the day, releasing is a judgement call, and if we don't see
the usual reports then we will hold off the release for a bit until we know
what is going on.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha