Re: stable: queue/* branches no longer updated

[Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>]

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 It looks like these branches are no longer updated.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
Thank you! :)

Cheers,
Matt
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