Re: Proposed stable release changes

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:40:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> - I will wait for a -rc to come out with the patch in it before putting
>   it into a stable release, unless:

Question: what's the exact reasoning of that delay? To get more people
who install -rc kernels to smoke-test patches tagged for stable.

What happens if the bug gets detected *after* you've taken the patch? We
probably end up in the same situation.

I guess I'm questioning the usefullness of such a delay period...

Thanks.
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