Re: Linux 2.6.21

Bill Davidsen
2007-04-27T21:13:13Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> If the result is fixing things which then don't get fixed in mainline, as
>> Adrian notes
>
> That whole premise is flawed. The *rule* for the stable tree is that
> things don't get merged into the stable tree unless they are fixed in
> mainline already.
>
If Adrian cares to note which two regressions he had in mind in his
previous post <20070426125802.GL3468@stusta.de> or what the exact timing
was I'll let him continue this.

> We had that problem in the 2.4.x / 2.5.x split. I think we learnt our
> lesson.
>
I'd love to think that's the case.

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