Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the tip tree

Rich Felker
2016-07-25T17:56:54Z

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 05:42:09PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:53:37AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 03:11:48PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>
> > > I don't know the goal of adding those patches in linux-next via your
> > > tree, may be you misunderstood how linux-next works and you should
> > > remove them. But if the purpose was to merge the patches, I remind you
> > > that being an arch maintainer does not give you the right to apply any
> > > patches, everywhere, at all cost, without review, because you want them
> > > in, you must follow the process, otherwise you take the risk to upset a
> > > lot of people and to be kicked out.
>
> > If this is upsetting people I can remove them. Last time I got
> > feedback from at least one (driver) subsystem maintainer that (if I
> > understood it correctly) indicated they would like to have seen the
> > patch in linux-next without problems before upstreaming it through
>
> I think that was me and you've very much misunderstood what I was
> saying. A that time you were sending new drivers during the merge
> window with the apparent expectation that they would be merged during
> that merge window. That's not going to happen, things need to go into
> -next before the merge window. This means that you need to submit your
> patches well in advance of the merge window so they can be reviewed and
> ideally applied to maintainer trees before the merge window opens.
>
> It does not mean that you should include unreviewed code for other trees
> in your -next tree, that's not the purpose of -next. What goes into
> -next from each maintainer tree should be what is currently intended to
> go to Linus for that tree in the next merge window.

OK, thanks for the clarification. I'll remove the drivers from my
for-next branch.

Rich