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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:30:34 -0700
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org,
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Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] initramfs: Allow rootfs to use tmpfs instead of ramfs
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* Al Boldi (a1426z@gawab.com) wrote:
> Being semantically the same, while not exhibiting ramfs pitfalls, makes it 
> suitable to be pushed into the -stable tree, IMHO.

You are failing to show how this is a critical type bugfix for -stable.
We are picky about -stable additions because we don't want to undermine
the value of the -stable tree.

thanks,
-chris