Re: stable: queue/* branches no longer updated

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

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 It looks like these branches are no longer updated.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

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Thanks,
Sasha