Re: Release Policy

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 20:32:18 EST


Followup to: <20011126.171301.50592818.davem@redhat.com>
By author: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:04:02 -0800
>
> Marcelo, if someone sends you a patch which has not been thoroughly
> reviewed on the appropriate mailing list, I would urge you to
> peremptorily shitcan it. There is no reason why you alone should
> be responsible for reviewing kernel changes.
>
> Are you suggesting that, for example, I should send every Sparc change
> to this list?
>

appropriate != this.

> I bet a lot of what he is seeing are driver and arch updates.
>
> Such updates really only need to go through his "stupid filter"
> when it is coming from the maintainer, but it does add up and
> take up time.

Obviously. If it's for a maintained subsystem:

a) if it's from the subsystem maintainer, sanity-check it.
b) if it's not, dump it or reject with the appropriate notice.

        -hpa

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