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On the subject of the stable tree: could we get a standard format for
requesting post-inclusion elevation of patches to stable status?  It
isn't all that unusual that the need for -stable is highlighted after a
patch has been included in a maintainer's tree, and rebasing to add
stable metadata annoys Linus.

	-hpa