Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Andrew Morton
2005-05-06T23:40:35Z

Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > So "rd_size" got deleted in -mm kernels without reference to anyone else
> > who's using it. Greeeeaaatttt....
>
> And guess what? This patch is now in Linus kernel. Greeeeaaaattttt
> stuff whoever did that. Truely wonderful job.

megamolehill, Russell.

> Thanks for taking notice of me a month ago.

I immediately dropped that patch when the problem was pointed out.

But early this month Adrian resent the same patch and I applied it again
and it slipped through.

> I really appreciate it.
> Especially when stuff gets merged which has already been pointed out
> as needlessly _BREAKING_ stuff.

Stuff happens. That's why we have -rc kernels.

I already have the fix for this queued up.