From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7F74C2D0E4 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 22:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC3C20715 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 22:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729098AbgKQWhP (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:37:15 -0500 Received: from manchmal.in-ulm.de ([217.10.9.201]:50178 "EHLO manchmal.in-ulm.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729085AbgKQWhO (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:37:14 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 475 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:37:14 EST Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 23:29:16 +0100 From: Christoph Biedl To: Hussam Al-Tayeb Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Suggestion: Lengthen the review period for stable releases from 48 hours to 7 days. Message-ID: <1605651898@msgid.manchmal.in-ulm.de> References: <17c526d0c5f8ed8584f7bee9afe1b73753d1c70b.camel@gmx.com> <20201117080141.GA6275@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> On Sat 2020-11-14 17:40:36, Hussam Al-Tayeb wrote: >>> Hello. I would like to suggest lengthening the review period for stable >>> releases from 48 hours to 7 days. >>> The rationale is that 48 hours is not enough for people to test those >>> stable releases and make sure there are no regressions for >>> particular workflows. Disclaimer: I am mostly a user of stable It's hard to make a good decision here. I share your position the 48-ish hours are a fairly short amound of time, and increasing it would grant more time for tests. As for me, I might resume testing -rc on a regular base as I used to in the past - which is a time-consuming procedure, and since I do that as a hobby, sometimes more important things are in the way. But I have to concede the number of issues that occured only here was never high, and I don't expect it would grow significantly. On the other hand the pace of the stable patches became fairly high=C2=B9, = so during a week of -rc review a *lot* of them will queue up and I predict we'll see requests for fast-laning some of them. Also, a release would immediately be followed by the next -rc review period, a procedure that gives me a bad feeling. So for me, I'd appreciate an extension of the review period, even if it's just four days. But I understand if people prefer to keep the procedures simple, and get fixes out of the door as soon as possible. My 2=C2=A2 Christoph =C2=B9 If somebody made statistics on the development of the number of patches for stable kernels (in count/second), I'd be curious to see the numbers. --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEWXMI+726A12MfJXdxCxY61kUkv0FAl+0TrgACgkQxCxY61kU kv3WVRAAgcgNcSd/s5EG/rpPZ4XhwzksCx61QegKbyoFGpnFMUx/HlmEv34wRbaG djTNr6EODFg+mznSHHuP0vDu4b9DakPyAavYO99GxVFkIW2tnHhii8NByPLf5/GC 2QTemHPmcqp4AHlljHFBX8rFOQMTKcSWwdxVD6SoSw1JtoMxMUalkD0bNQbsFTmj 5K5+aXtPGjVYQ7zFW0dEdQ1O0DH3F6o2qpQ0++z4TK5I+iKoPS5gg6H3GvQmQa9r CfF8e90FBCYyunhMUn0yDERvcGT/bMGBbyYQ0Ea6mopgLsIFDYGK3BsuydmuyqGz EMHLmgIvXt2AIoaiF7l+yag0wdM1QRwRXMck7tcIKtpJIxzbvCo8U/IOGQgO8n0W bi4L/wceTVR/Tej/c5XMOwAPyhgPPePUr1Wb3UqT47hNupwFpoiGKWCy8sxQ5Ezm jc4WeR9Cr177TLTcuTvZqz1tc8U5fIZnzS6BUMobH1Rc7l22QXpjGoy+kqbDB9j9 Z0YJGy4Fxyj3N92HXDb2wQo1rHQQ+TukGSvnojK69t/vVwMr+CHgN0q6OYMHKtB7 9T5TTmZG/WSwiBK5HdQb0uM0KDOojM54y6QMqUvQmx+k46uoZdICgA5dd+5Aqs3I lLn3d8gHBW8djHGAkbtaCGeO1FUhaMwQPmXfYaOeLXUiqeHopio= =jC9Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--