Re: [stable] to something appropriate (was Re: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans)

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Wed May 02 2007 - 10:12:32 EST


Chris Wright wrote:
> * Greg KH (greg@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>> And is this really a problem? The whole goal of the -stable tree was to
>> accomidate the users who relied on kernel.org kernels, and wanted
>> bugfixes and security updates. It was not for new features or new
>> hardware support.
>>
>> If people feel we should revisit this goal, then that's fine, and I have
>> no objection to that. But until then, I think the rules that we have
>> had in place for over the past 2 years should still remain in affect.
>
> I have to agree. I went back through my mbox and found vanishingly few
> pci_id update patches. So it's not clear there's even a big issue.
>

Of course you didn't find many -- most people know that's not part of
the -stable charter. If you asked for them you'd get them...
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