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From: Jake Edge <jake-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>
To: Linus Torvalds
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Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc-9GfyWEdoJtJmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.1415] Documentation: add documentation summary for rc-series and merge window
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:23:16 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090623132316.28a4a348@chukar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0906231210040.3240-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:11:52 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds wrote:

> In fact, this whole discussion has shown one thing: people still
> think that "bug fix" somehow automatically means that it's
> appropriate after the merge window. That's simply not so. 

Makes sense.  It certainly is counter-intuitive sometimes, though.
Just to clarify, there would seem to be one other category of bugs that
is reasonable post-merge-window: those introduced by new features (or
bug fixes) that were added during the merge window (i.e. something
found in testing the new code during the -rc cycle). Those don't
necessarily have to be security/oops problems and, for the most part,
can't be regressions (at least for new features).  Or should those
wait, by and large, for the next merge window?

jake

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-23 19:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-22 22:22 [PATCH v3.1415] Documentation: add documentation summary for rc-series and merge window Luis R. Rodriguez
     [not found] ` <20090622222217.GH23972-PfSpb0PWhxZc2C7mugBRk2EX/6BAtgUQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-23  0:58   ` Li Zefan
2009-06-23 17:18   ` Jake Edge
     [not found]     ` <m3fxdqj2bz.fsf-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-23 17:55       ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-06-23 18:37         ` Greg KH
2009-06-23 19:02         ` Jake Edge
2009-06-23 18:52     ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-06-23 19:04       ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]       ` <m3bpoen5pp.fsf-gTjgKJgtlHj77SC2UrCW1FMQynFLKtET@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-23 19:06         ` Jake Edge
2009-06-23 19:11           ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-23 19:43             ` Krzysztof Halasa
     [not found]               ` <m3y6rilorn.fsf-gTjgKJgtlHj77SC2UrCW1FMQynFLKtET@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-23 19:49                 ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]             ` <alpine.LFD.2.01.0906231210040.3240-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-23 19:23               ` Jake Edge [this message]
2009-06-23 20:45               ` Luis R. Rodriguez

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