Re: [PATCH 00/86] PATA fixes

David Miller
2009-12-03T20:47:59Z

From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:39:48 -0500

> On 12/03/2009 11:59 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> The merge window is upon us, which by strict rules means that anything
>>> not already in libata-dev.git#upstream needs to wait until 2.6.34.
>>
>> Not quite yet - Linus hasn't said "go"
>
> He rarely if ever says "go." The kernel X is released, and people
> send pull requests to Linus for X+1. He typically merges immediately,
> but does not push out the first set of merges for a few days.

I don't think he even starts pulling until 1 or 2 days later.

I personally never send him a pull request until a day or two in.