Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

Jean Delvare
2008-12-11T09:26:29Z

Hi Linus,

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:04:39 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Perhaps more interesting is simply the release scheduling issue. I'm
> getting slowly ready to do a real 2.6.28, but I don't think anybody really
> wants the merge window to be around the holidays. So the question is
> really whether to
>
> (a) just make the -rc's go on a few more weeks, and do 2.6.28 after xmas
>
> I like this, because alledgely people are debugging things, and we'd
> get a more stable 2.6.28.

I vote for option (a).

>
> or
>
> (b) release in a week or two, but just allow for possibly extending the
> merge window due to people being drunk on eggnog..
>
> I like this because let's face it, we get more and better bug
> information after releases, and everything _should_ be ready for
> merging *before* the merge window anyway.
>
> or
>
> (c) some other crazy scheme that somebody comes up with in a drug-induced
> stupor.
>
> So I haven't quite decided on that thing yet, but I'm open to suggestions.

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Jean Delvare