Re: Proposed stable release changes

[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Given that I had to just revert a patch in the recent stable releases
> that didn't get enough time to "bake" in Linus's tree (or in -next), I
> figured it was worth discussing some possible changes with how "fast" I
> pick up patches for stable releases.
>
> So, how about this proposal:
>
> - I will wait for a -rc to come out with the patch in it before putting
>   it into a stable release, unless:
>         - the maintainer ACKs it, or sends it directly (like DaveM does
>           for networking patches)
>         - I have seen enough discussion about a patch to show that it
>           really does fix something / is good / doesn't cause problems.
>         - obviously safe, i.e. "add a device id" type thing.
>
> Given that we have -rc releases every week, except for the initial -rc1
> release, I don't think this will really cause any major delays.
>
> Also, now that we are about to head into my busy "travel season", odds
> are, I'll be at least a week behind anyway, so this would probably start
> happening without an "official" change.  It's been a boring summer, I've
> been able to keep up with the stable stuff really easily, causing
> problems like this :)
>
> Objections?  Comments?

I like this overall.  The only thing I might change is "wait for -rc2"
for patches tagged with CC: stable that go in during the merge window.
 It seems those are the ones that tend to bite us.

Overall though, I think waiting for the next -rc is a good balance.

josh
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