Re: Linux 2.6.28-rc8

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

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. 

-- 
Jean Delvare