From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:48161 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750717AbcJGEWR (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2016 00:22:17 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 06:22:23 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Thomas Hellstrom Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Stable list vs versioning Message-ID: <20161007042223.GA32472@kroah.com> References: <20161007035236.GA16832@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 09:19:50PM -0700, Thomas Hellstrom wrote: > Hi! > > On 10/06/2016 08:52 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 06:54:43PM -0700, Thomas Hellstrom wrote: > >> Hi, Stable! > >> > >> As you might be aware of, some companies that maintain linux kernel > >> drivers have the habit of assigning each driver change a new version > >> number. > > And, as you have found out, that's a horrible thing to do for Linux and > > doesn't work at all :) > > > > Just because it works for other slower-moving operating systems, I > > wouldn't recommend doing it for Linux. > > Yes, I'm fully aware of the difficulties, though I was hoping that I, > with the help some bright ideas from the list could come up with a > clever way to make everybody happy. But who has the problem here really? Not the kernel community or developers, but rather an odd set of unskilled QA people (your word, not mine.) Why can't they get more "skill"? :) thanks, greg k-h