Re: [ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Linux 3.8.13.11 stable review

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 11:37 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > This is the start of the review cycle for the Linux 3.8.13.11 stable kernel.
>>
>> Would anybody be interested in adding some sort of "stable" tag to the
>> subject lines of stable backport patches, e.g.,  instead of:
>>
>>   [PATCH 001/104] htb: fix sign extension bug
>>
>> something like:
>>
>>   [STABLE 3.8.13.11 001/104] htb: fix sign extension bug
>>
>> I don't mind having the stable patches on LKML, but it would be nice
>> if it were easier to distinguish stable backports from new patches.  I
>> know the patches are nicely threaded behind this message, but some
>> readers don't really pay attention to that.
>
> I agree that some distinction is needed, but I'm not convinced about
> that precise format.  I don't think it's worth including version
> components after the stable base version e.g. 3.2.  And I think that
> including the version is a big enough clue that this is for a stable
> branch and not mainline.
>
> So I've changed my review script to put a subject prefix of 'PATCH 3.2'
> before the patch number (and similarly in the cover letter).  But if
> there's consensus that a more explicit tag is wanted then I'll follow
> that.

Selfishly, I would just like something gmail can filter on.  I've seen
an "X-Extended-Stable: 3.8" header, which would be perfect, except
that I can't figure out how to create a gmail filter for random
headers.  So I was hoping for something stable-specific in the subject
line, but that's just to compensate for gmail's limitations.

Bjorn
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