Re: [patch 0/6] 2.6.14.7 -stable review

["Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:52:46 -0800 (PST) Chuck Wolber wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 08:30:25PM -0800, Chuck Wolber wrote:
> > > 
> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong here, but aren't we supposed to stop doing 
> > > this for the 2.6.14 release now that 2.6.15 is out?
> >
> > I don't see a problems with doing additional stable releases for any 
> > kernel, I just wouldn't commit to supporting any specific number of 
> > releases.  Basically if people send enough patches to warrant a 
> > review/release there is obviously some interest.  What is the harm?
> 
> The harm is that stable release patches will eventually start being 
> maintained and we'll have to add another stable release "dot" to the end 
> of the growing width of the release version moniker. This stable branch 
> was meant only for "one-off" fixes to a stable release, not for adding 
> fixes upon fixes upon fixes that eventually turn into features that have 
> to be maintained. A new stable release means we change our focus to it and 
> ignore the old stable release.

It's a 6-month sliding window for stable releases IIRC.
Maybe <stable@kernel.org> can add something like that to
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt>.

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~Randy