Re: stable: queue/* branches no longer updated

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

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 It looks like these branches are no longer updated.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.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha