From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756294Ab2CORUW (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:20:22 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:40081 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754597Ab2CORUS (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:20:18 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 216.16.235.2 Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:23:22 -0400 From: Chris Frey To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 3.0.24 Message-ID: <20120315162322.GA26005@foursquare.net> References: <20120312203451.GA16773@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120312203451.GA16773@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 01:34:51PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > I'm announcing the release of the 3.0.24 kernel. > > All users of the 3.0 kernel series must upgrade. Is the word "must" defined anywhere? When I read it, it looks like there are serious patches included in this release, perhaps data integrity or security patches. But "must" has been in an awful lot of these release notes lately, that it makes me wonder if it is boilerplate. Just curious how to interpret this. Thanks, - Chris