From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A402E42AB7; Sun, 1 Mar 2026 16:11:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772381474; cv=none; b=EbE+MpjcZoxic0609xXV/klajDTRj2RQdLyF4kSKaKsblzKGwhc5Nvtb4eFJ/zhQ+/vTTu2FYO0PkuJMd//pgpfUn2s6sshnad6OOihak58ZFkK9tbT57TNwqfTBcjMRhENYW1LJlzr1dy1uLjZxIZtnjPzfEs/hOdi60QGFAN4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772381474; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ifzsZtBFt1yJofgKeHKFAGxEegxI/r6jEhks4MbTwKg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=dqooik2UjfkPSkcXGMy8yRPslv6QGCbPTxrFKcdnpjJrVfdNsuuXfAmDMlEGuN29AJ197Pi1oJvuQtmF9dGUHKjeRPjtgzdBonmOEWyYV89UaPYGP7vTKbyZjmcc5gLuUAgXiTE300FXXJaftZCSrnsP7Q0vd3CtAkNtiFViNmM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=BUqqwJY5; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="BUqqwJY5" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0FE47C116C6; Sun, 1 Mar 2026 16:11:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772381474; bh=ifzsZtBFt1yJofgKeHKFAGxEegxI/r6jEhks4MbTwKg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=BUqqwJY5Eq//T/VMkxtfk+GClqzYryVRddk48mvmtdCaG3m+i9zhh6lWFYKGbByou 7q6QLqKW7ELMD8XDuFHbh/a8YsLfIrIIDJZfY9xunxGOhYRy7EfehhqUeYntP0eiro 24/YJ75c8rXRUdU+h0dzYj0en7gWJbfrARm2ttP9yCK7bwQkV8Ur1L3bmgOx2ZYW4j u3IvVZj5yPlR5z7OWnHeTOjL7FlaNfl9smerRTN23OlZLdepeJataIIZKXtis7WZ+e V47ZsYeRIo61xdKaTQcRlg7knhdINOYrNcs0owzIIN8eUl+taXYPJWW1+xw/aQdM8J sDsn/IFqIdfkQ== Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 11:11:12 -0500 From: Sasha Levin To: Peter Schneider Cc: Mark Brown , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux@roeck-us.net, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, pavel@nabladev.com, jonathanh@nvidia.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com, rwarsow@gmx.de, conor@kernel.org, hargar@microsoft.com, achill@achill.org, sr@sladewatkins.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.19 000/844] 6.19.6-rc1 review Message-ID: References: <20260228173244.1509663-1-sashal@kernel.org> <055deed0-4b00-422e-8afb-5c3e577a6046@googlemail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <055deed0-4b00-422e-8afb-5c3e577a6046@googlemail.com> On Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 04:15:04PM +0100, Peter Schneider wrote: >Am 01.03.2026 um 13:05 schrieb Mark Brown: >[...] >>I've previously noted that releasing -rcs on a Friday afternoon isn't >>good for ensuring coverage (this was what happened with 6.19.2 and >>related releases...), the same is also true for releasing them on a >>Saturday with a deadline that's very early on Monday for a lot of the >>world. > >I second that, and would like to suggest that when a stable RC release >is done on a Friday afternoon or even on a Saturday, it would be >better to extend the response deadline until Tuesday afternoon, so >that people who want to help with testing have a chance to do so >without having to "sacrifice" weekend/family time. As far as the -rc goes, we just release it whenever our queues get longer. I don't think that that matters if that goes out on a Friday. For the release deadline, you definitely shouldn't sacrifice personal time to test: at the end of the day, releasing is a judgement call, and if we don't see the usual reports then we will hold off the release for a bit until we know what is going on. -- Thanks, Sasha