From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261942AbVFGRxC (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:53:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261946AbVFGRxC (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:53:02 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:28433 "EHLO oddball.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261943AbVFGRw5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:52:57 -0400 Message-ID: <42A5DF68.6040700@tmr.com> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:54:48 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050319 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Sorenson CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Stable 2.6.x.y kernel series... References: <4bt9p-2OQ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <4cud6-5gm-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <20050607082640.D72153FF9A@irishsea.home.craig-wood.com> <42A5BA66.8040504@tuxrocks.com> In-Reply-To: <42A5BA66.8040504@tuxrocks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Frank Sorenson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Nick Craig-Wood wrote: > >>Hearty agreement from me. >> >>The next hurdle for 2.6.11-stable is to make sure that everything that >>went into it goes into 2.6.12. Is there a procedure for that? > > > Other way around. In order to be accepted into -stable, it needs to > already have been accepted into mainline. More information at > http://kerneltrap.org/node/4827/54751 It's more complex than that, because -stable allows simple fixes while a complex fix or even total rethink may be in mainline. I'm personally happy with that, although I don't know if it has actually happened. -- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me