Re: Suggestion: Lengthen the review period for stable releases from 48 hours to 7 days.

[Hussam Al-Tayeb]

On Sat, 2020-11-14 at 17:40 +0200, Hussam Al-Tayeb wrote:
> Hello. I would like to suggest lengthening the review period for
> stable
> releases from 48 hours to 7 days.
> The rationale is that 48 hours is not enough for people to test those
> stable releases and make sure there are no regressions for particular
> workflows.
> This is especially important for companies deploying those kernels in
> production machines. Often those releases are on weekends as well
> further limiting the ability to test.
> It is of course possible to skip stable updates that have large
> numbers
> of patches and only update once a month but I feel a longer testing
> period will work best for everyone.
> It is, of course, always possible to exempt urgent security releases
> from the waiting period.
>
> Thank you.
> Hussam.
>

One more note. This is not a random internet rant. I actually do need
more than 48 hours to test new stable kernels and I believe others do
too.
Regards,
Hussam.