Re: [GIT PULL] i2c for v7.4, part 2

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 at 10:20, Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'll now start queuing patches for a possible third week of the
> merge window. Otherwise, they will go into v7.5.

NO!

I've taken this.

But the whole "merge window is for new development" needs to stop. I
will *NOT* be taking any more patches from you that aren't fixes.

The merge window is for merging stuff that is ready BEFORE THE MERGE
WINDOW STARTED.

It's absolutely not for "let's add more to the pile". Never has been,
and never will be.

The merge window is two weeks NOT as a way to give maintainers two
weeks (and no, it won't be three weeks this time, I've been keeping
up) to create new stuff. It's so that the stuff that *was* ready
before the merge window can be merged in a sane and controlled manner.

So no. No more of this "I'll have a second - or third - pile of
stuff". If it wasn't ready before, then it wasn't ready, and it goes
into the *next* merge window.

                  Linus