Re: no announce mails for "older" stable-releases on linux-kernel-announce (Was: Re: Linux 2.6.20.16)

Willy Tarreau
2007-08-16T06:32:37Z

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 08:12:07AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 16.08.2007 07:43, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > I've just released Linux 2.6.20.16. This version catches up with 2.6.21.7.
> > I hope to issue newer releases soon with next batches of pending patches.
> >
> > I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between
> > 2.6.20.15 and 2.6.20.16.
> > [...]
>
> Just wondering -- Kernels like this (or 2.6.16.x, 2.6.21.x as well as
> 2.6.22.x once 2.6.23 got released) don't get announced on
> linux-kernel-announce. Is that on purpose or a misbehavior of scripts
> that create the messages for linux-kernel-announce?

even simpler : I've never been aware of linux-kernel-announce. It's
possible that only Linus sends there and that even the -stable team
does not use/know about it either.

> If the latter: are those scripts available somewhere?

we all have somewhat different scripts. Those scripts do 80% of the work
depending on our environments, mostly in order to avoid common mistakes,
and we do the remaining 20% by hand. Anyway I think it's not difficult
for any of us to add a new address.

(CCing -stable and Adrian in case they miss your mail)

Regards,
willy