From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751859AbWJADvT (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:51:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751848AbWJADvT (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:51:19 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:57579 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751835AbWJADvS (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:51:18 -0400 Message-ID: <451F3B33.3080000@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:51:15 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060913) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" CC: Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds Subject: libata-dev.git frozen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.3 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Similar to the netdev announcement, libata-dev.git is now closed to new features. Though really, [my fault] I should have posted this as soon as the merge window opened. The stuff that goes into each new release, when the merge window opens, should be stuff that has already been through a round of testing in -mm. The updates presented in #upstream -- just minor stuff, really -- will go upstream tomorrow. Everything else will be fixes. And the message for the future is: don't wait until the merge window opens, to submit your code. Doing so means it doesn't get the normal amount of testing and review, and is thus discouraged. Jeff