Re: Bug with USB proc_bulk in 2.4 kernel

[Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 07:02:01PM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Hi Benjamin,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 10:01:41AM -0700, Benjamin Cherian wrote:
> > Willy,
> > Sorry I didn't notice your email till now.
> 
> no problem.
> 
> > On Friday 04 August 2006 09:55, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > > The problem is that Marcelo is very very busy those days (as you might have
> > > noticed from the delay between each release), and there are a good bunch of
> > > security fixes in -rc3 which should wait too much in -rc. Maybe an -rc4
> > > would be OK, but I don't know if Marcelo has enough time to spend on yet
> > > another RC. Otherwise, if I produce a 2.4.34-pre1 about one week after
> > > 2.4.33, does that fit your needs ? I already have a few fixes waiting which
> > > might be worth a first pre-release.
> > 
> > It would be nice if you could do another rc, because otherwise it seems the 
> > patch wouldn't get into a stable kernel for a long time. But if it's really 
> > too much work for Marcelo, I would understand you putting it in th 2.4.34 
> > pre-release.
> 
> The real problem is that Marcelo seems to be *very* busy. I failed to get
> any contact from him from one week now. It's even becoming worrying, I hope
> he's alright. I don't know how much time it would take him to produce another
> release, but it will for sure delay 2.4.33 for a few weeks during which Marcelo
> will still be bound to this time-consuming task. It's left to him to decide
> anyway. In normal ciscumstances, I would for sure add another -rc, but delays
> get stretched too far given the number of vulnerabilities fixed in 2.4.33.

The reason for so much delay was a serious accident which resulted in 2
weeks of hospitalization with no Internet connnectivity (and no mental
state for work).

Sorry about that.