Re: [PATCH 5.5 00/65] 5.5.11-rc1 review

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sun Mar 22 2020 - 15:51:45 EST


Hi!

> > > Thanks for letting me know, I've now dropped that patch (others
> > > complained about it for other reasons) and will push out a -rc2 with
> > > that fix.
> > >
> >
> > I did wonder why the offending patch was included, but then I figured that
> > I lost the "we apply too many patches to stable releases" battle, and I didn't
> > want to re-litigate it.
>
> I usually much rather take prerequisite patches rather than do
> backports, which is why that patch was selected.

Unfortunately, that results in less useful -stable.

Best regards,
Pavel
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