From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932251AbVHLACo (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:02:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932282AbVHLACo (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:02:44 -0400 Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.164]:33240 "EHLO pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932251AbVHLACn (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:02:43 -0400 To: Chris Wright Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , "Randy.Dunlap" , Chuck Wolber , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Tim Yamin , Tavis Ormandy Subject: Re: [patch 4/8] [PATCH] Update in-kernel zlib routines References: <20050811225445.404816000@localhost.localdomain> <20050811225626.233013000@localhost.localdomain> From: Peter Osterlund Date: 12 Aug 2005 02:01:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20050811225626.233013000@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Chris Wright writes: > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > ------------------ > > a) http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-gnu-utils/1999-06/msg00183.html Why does this 6 year old bug have to be fixed in the 2.6.12 stable series? Doesn't the patch violate this stable series rule? - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a problem..." type thing.) Maybe the motivation was just missing from the patch description? -- Peter Osterlund - petero2@telia.com http://web.telia.com/~u89404340