Re: stable: queue/* branches no longer updated

[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>]

On 06/10/2026 11:11, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 07:40:33PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>> Hi Sasha,
>>
>> On 05/08/2026 18:07, Sasha Levin wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 05:16:10PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>>>> Hi Sasha,
>>>>
>>>> On 11/02/2026 11:10, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>>>>> Hi Sasha,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 19/09/2025 23:30, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Sasha,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 30/07/2025 06:44, Sasha Levin wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:06:17AM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Sasha,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for maintaining the stable versions with Greg!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I remember well, you run some scripts on your side to
>>>>>>>> maintain the
>>>>>>>> queue/* branches in the linux-stable-rc Git tree [1], is that
>>>>>>>> correct?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> These branches have not been updated for a bit more than 3 weeks.
>>>>>>>> Is it
>>>>>>>> normal?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Personally, I find them useful. But if it is just me, I can work
>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nope, it's a bug!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looks like git was throwing:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> fatal: Unable to create '/home/sasha/data/stable-queue-builder/
>>>>>>> linux-
>>>>>>> stable/.git/index.lock': File exists.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Another git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g.
>>>>>>> an editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes
>>>>>>> are terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process
>>>>>>> may have crashed in this repository earlier:
>>>>>>> remove the file manually to continue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Which my script was promptly ignoring...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fixed now, thanks for the heads up!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It looks like these branches are no longer updated. Do you mind
>>>>>> checking
>>>>>> on your side please? :)
>>>>>
>>>>> These stable queue/* branches have not been updated for more than two
>>>>> weeks. Do you mind checking if there is something stuck on your side,
>>>>> please? :)
>>>> It looks like the last update was from 2 months ago. When you have a
>>>> chance, do you mind fixing your script please? (no urgency on my side)
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Matt
>>>
>>> Sorry, should be fixed now
>> Sorry, do you mind checking again, please? :)
>>
>> (Maybe I shouldn't rely on them to send patches depending on others from
>> the queue.)
> 
> One day I'll figure this out :) It should be back up.

:) It is, thank you!

Cheers,
Matt
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