Create xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev

Create xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev

[Darrick J. Wong]

Hi there,

Could we create a separate mailing list to coordinate XFS LTS
stable backporting work?  There's enough traffic on the main XFS list
that the LTS backports get lost in the noise, and in the future we'd
like to have a place for our LTS testing robots to send automated email.

A large portion of the upstream xfs community do not participate in LTS
work so there's no reason to blast them with all that traffic.  What do
the rest of you think about this?

Address    : xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev
Description: XFS stable LTS mailing list
Owners     : djwong@kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu
Allow HTML : N
Archives   : Y

--D

Re: Create xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev

[Chandan Babu R]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 10:32:37 AM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Could we create a separate mailing list to coordinate XFS LTS
> stable backporting work?  There's enough traffic on the main XFS list
> that the LTS backports get lost in the noise, and in the future we'd
> like to have a place for our LTS testing robots to send automated email.
>
> A large portion of the upstream xfs community do not participate in LTS
> work so there's no reason to blast them with all that traffic.  What do
> the rest of you think about this?
>

I would welcome this suggestion. It helps stake holders interested in "XFS in
LTS kernels" to quickly get an overview of the issues and current progress
made on LTS kernels.

-- 
Chandan

Re: Create xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev

[Eric Sandeen]

On 12/19/24 12:32 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Could we create a separate mailing list to coordinate XFS LTS
> stable backporting work?  There's enough traffic on the main XFS list
> that the LTS backports get lost in the noise, and in the future we'd
> like to have a place for our LTS testing robots to send automated email.
> 
> A large portion of the upstream xfs community do not participate in LTS
> work so there's no reason to blast them with all that traffic.  What do
> the rest of you think about this?
> 
> Address    : xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev
> Description: XFS stable LTS mailing list
> Owners     : djwong@kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu
> Allow HTML : N
> Archives   : Y

I have no issue with this, and I think it's wise for the reasons you've
stated. Even those who don't actively participate in maintaining LTS
kernels may still wish to keep an eye on how things are evolving, and a
dedicated list would make that easier too.

If it comes to exist, are there any other -stable people, processes, or
bots that should start using it too?

Thanks,
-Eric

Re: Create xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 10:32:37AM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Could we create a separate mailing list to coordinate XFS LTS
> stable backporting work?  There's enough traffic on the main XFS list
> that the LTS backports get lost in the noise, and in the future we'd
> like to have a place for our LTS testing robots to send automated email.
> 
> A large portion of the upstream xfs community do not participate in LTS
> work so there's no reason to blast them with all that traffic.  What do
> the rest of you think about this?

Can this work be done on stable@vger.kernel.org?

-K

Re: Create xfs-stable@lists.linux.dev

[Leah Rumancik]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 10:37 AM Konstantin Ryabitsev
<konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 10:32:37AM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Could we create a separate mailing list to coordinate XFS LTS
> > stable backporting work?  There's enough traffic on the main XFS list
> > that the LTS backports get lost in the noise, and in the future we'd
> > like to have a place for our LTS testing robots to send automated email.
> >
> > A large portion of the upstream xfs community do not participate in LTS
> > work so there's no reason to blast them with all that traffic.  What do
> > the rest of you think about this?
>
> Can this work be done on stable@vger.kernel.org?

As the xfs stable maintenance process is still evolving quite a bit,
there will be a decent amount more traffic for xfs than for other
subsystems. I believe the actual stable patches will still go through
the normal stable list and the xfs-stable will mainly serve for
discussions on xfs-specific testing requirements/patch
selection/process questions/etc prior to actually submitting the
patches via stable. So I think it makes sense to split this out into a
separate list.

(did the list get created already?)

- leah

>
> -K
>