From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:19:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130715201943.GA22131@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1373916476.2748.69.camel@dabdike>
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:27:56PM +0400, James Bottomley wrote:
[ ... ]
>
> The solution, to me, looks simple: Let's co-opt a process we already
> know how to do: mailing list review and tree handling. So the proposal
> is simple:
>
> 1. Drop the cc: stable@ tag: it makes it way too easy to add an ill
> reviewed patch to stable
That seems to be a bit drastic. It is quite useful to have the tag,
but maybe it should only be added by the maintainer and not in the initial
patch submission. This would ensure that the maintainer(s) made the decision.
If the original patch submitter thinks that the patch is stable material,
that information could be added in the comments section.
This would also ensure that patches are not accidentially sent to the stable
mailing list prior to being accepted into the upstream kernel, and if necessary
triggers a discussion on the subject mailing list if the patch is stable
material or not - which addresses points 2 and 3 below.
Guenter
> 2. All patches to stable should follow current review rules: They
> should go to the mailing list the original patch was sent to
> once the original is upstream as a request for stable.
> 3. Following debate on the list, the original maintainer would be
> responsible for collecting the patches (including the upstream
> commit) adjudicating on them and passing them on to stable after
> list review (either by git tree pull or email to stable@).
>
> I contend this raises the bar for adding patches to stable much higher,
> which seems to be needed, and adds a review stage which involves all the
> original reviewers.
>
> Oh, and did someone mention plum brandy ...?
>
> James
>
>
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Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-15 19:27 KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag James Bottomley
2013-07-15 19:45 ` [Ksummit-2013-discuss] " Steven Rostedt
2013-07-15 19:55 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-07-15 20:56 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-07-15 21:09 ` Joe Perches
2013-07-15 21:21 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-07-15 21:34 ` Joe Perches
2013-07-21 4:06 ` Rob Landley
2013-07-15 21:52 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-07-15 20:15 ` Mark Brown
2013-07-15 21:07 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-07-15 20:19 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2013-07-15 22:04 ` David Woodhouse
2013-07-15 22:07 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-07-15 22:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-07-15 23:22 ` Guenter Roeck
2013-07-16 0:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-07-16 0:21 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 0:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-07-16 15:50 ` Paul Gortmaker
2013-07-15 20:20 ` Jason Cooper
2013-07-15 21:44 ` Greg KH
2013-07-15 21:55 ` Greg KH
2013-07-15 22:01 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-07-15 23:08 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 0:40 ` [Ksummit-2013-discuss] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2013-07-16 9:06 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-07-15 22:01 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-07-16 0:06 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 2:09 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-07-16 2:41 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-07-16 3:27 ` Dave Airlie
2013-07-16 3:43 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-07-16 4:10 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-07-16 6:23 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 6:10 ` James Bottomley
2013-07-16 6:28 ` Greg KH
2013-07-15 22:22 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-07-15 23:40 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-07-15 23:59 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 2:30 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-07-16 6:13 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 9:11 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-07-16 16:36 ` Greg KH
2013-07-17 3:53 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-07-17 4:24 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 5:17 ` James Bottomley
2013-07-16 6:20 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 7:43 ` [Ksummit-2013-discuss] " James Bottomley
2013-07-16 9:46 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-07-16 12:43 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-07-16 16:35 ` Greg KH
2013-07-16 23:15 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-07-16 13:14 ` Josh Boyer
2013-07-17 15:08 ` John W. Linville
2013-07-18 7:45 ` Kalle Valo
2013-07-16 10:02 ` Jan Kara
2013-07-16 6:24 ` David Lang
2013-07-16 16:45 ` [Ksummit-2013-discuss] " Steven Rostedt
2013-07-16 2:00 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-07-16 9:53 ` Mark Brown
2013-07-21 4:11 ` Rob Landley
2013-07-21 15:09 ` [Ksummit-2013-discuss] " Ben Hutchings
2013-07-22 21:24 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2013-07-23 2:29 ` Li Zefan
2013-07-23 2:40 ` Myklebust, Trond
2013-07-23 2:47 ` James Bottomley
2013-07-23 2:57 ` Myklebust, Trond
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