From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422698AbWGJQyb (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:54:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422699AbWGJQyb (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:54:31 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:43016 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1422698AbWGJQyb (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:54:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:54:29 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Michael Krufky Cc: Pavel Machek , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, stable@kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.16.y series Message-ID: <20060710165429.GB13938@stusta.de> References: <20060706222553.GA2946@kroah.com> <20060707105407.GA1654@elf.ucw.cz> <44AE558D.9000906@linuxtv.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44AE558D.9000906@linuxtv.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 08:37:33AM -0400, Michael Krufky wrote: > Pavel Machek wrote: > > >Is it still okay to submit patches for 2.6.16-stable? I guess "dirty > >buffers flushing broken after resume" may count... > > Pavel > > > > > I was under the impression that 2.6.16.y was staying open for a much > longer time, as per Adrian's "2.6.16 long living kernel" announcement a > short while back. > > I just assumed that the Greg and Chris were handling it until 2.6.18 > gets released, and then Adrian takes over 2.6.16.y while the [stable] > team moves on to 2.6.17.y and 2.6.18.y ... Was this an incorrect > assumption? Greg told me they want to make one last 2.6.16.y release. Greg and Chris don't maintain two series that long - check the date of the last 2.6.15.y release. > ...and if not, should 2.6.16.y patches always be sent to > stable@kernel.org, or will Adrian have an alternate method for accepting > patches? This is among the small technical issues that have to be discussed and solved. > -Mike cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed