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Date:   Tue, 5 Apr 2022 09:20:46 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
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On Tue, 05 Apr 2022 10:16:58 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> Sure, that would technically work. But I just think it's cleaner to use
> -rc1 (or later) as the baseline for an immutable branch. If the baseline
> is an arbitrary commit somewhere within merge windows commits, it's more
> work for everyone to verify the branch is suitable.
> 
> Also in general I would also prefer to base -next trees to -rc1 or newer
> to make the bisect cleaner. The less we need to test kernels from the
> merge window (ie. commits after the final release and before -rc1) the
> better.
> 
> But this is just a small wish from me, I fully understand that it might
> be too much changes to your process. Wanted to point out this anyway.

Forwarded!