From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760049AbXE0VBE (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 May 2007 17:01:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757327AbXE0VA2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 May 2007 17:00:28 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:2052 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751316AbXE0VA1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 May 2007 17:00:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 06:46:44 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Greg KH , Chuck Ebbert , linux-kernel , Chris Wright Subject: Re: [stable] Wanted: Allow adding new device IDs during the -stable cycle Message-ID: <20070525064644.GC3989@ucw.cz> References: <46533314.10206@redhat.com> <20070522184733.GA9357@kroah.com> <46533EA8.7020602@garzik.org> <20070524100455.GB7444@ucw.cz> <465563B4.5040301@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <465563B4.5040301@garzik.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >Well, in 2.6.73.1 we add 'trivial' one line to add new > >pci id, and in > >2.6.73.2 we have data corruption, because that driver > >needed some > >quirk we did not know about...? > > False argument. -stable should only be merging patches > that are already upstream, and known. Well, then we should have some more requirements. 'Has been in -rc2-git1 for 8 hours' is technically upstream, but it does not make the patch 'known-enough' for stable. 'Have been in three release candidates' seems like a rule we want here. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html