Re: USB tree now closed for 3.11

From: Alan Stern
Date: Tue Jun 25 2013 - 11:21:49 EST


On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, Greg KH wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> With the release of the 3.10-rc7 kernel, I think it's time to close the
> USB tree for new features / cleanups for 3.11. So I'm closing my
> tree, and will only be applying obvious bugfixes or regressions to it
> until 3.11-rc1 comes out.
>
> You can keep sending me patches for the tree that don't fit the "bugfix"
> category, but note that I'll be storing them away to wait for 3.11-rc1
> comes out, which might be a few weeks, so please be patient.
>
> The USB tree right now contains 382 patches, and the diffstat
> summary is:
> 410 files changed, 18183 insertions(+), 4956 deletions(-)

Instead of storing away new patches where people can't easily get at
them, you could create a temporary branch to hold them until 3.11-rc1
is released. Would that involve a significant amount of extra work?

Alan Stern

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