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Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:36:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.88.32] ([216.128.11.227]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-4324ea2ce09sm3638010f8f.19.2025.12.19.00.36.07 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:36:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:36:06 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Networking for v6.19-rc2 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: kuba@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20251218174841.265968-1-pabeni@redhat.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Paolo Abeni In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/18/25 9:04 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 at 05:56, Paolo Abeni wrote: >> >> I have a question WRT the next PR (for rc3). The usual schedule is quite >> unfortunate (25 is the important day here) and I'll be able to process a >> limited number of patches in between. I'm wondering if postponing such >> net PR to Tue 30 would be ok for you? > > Oh, absolutely. Please don't think our rules are so black-and-white > that a few days around xmas would ever be a problem. > > I'm planning on doing an rc8 for this release anyway, just because I > expect people to lose at least a week due to the whole holiday season. > > The only really hard rule for the kernel is the "no regression" one. > Any other rules we should be flexible about - they may need an > explanation, but they shouldn't be seen as some kind of "set in stone" > thing. > > And "it's the holidays, we're all busy with real life" is a perfectly > good explanation. Thank you! I'll send the PR on Tue 30. Likely it will be smaller than usual, but it should include some relevant stuff. Cheer, Paolo