On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:22:23AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 14/09/2017 04:25, Stephen Hemminger: > > Bisecting a tree with lots of subtree merges is terrible. That is why Linus > > rebases and doesn't directly take linux-next > > I agree, bisecting with subtree merges is not pleasant at all. > That's why I chose the rebase method until now. > > Adrien mentioned some drawbacks with the rebase method. > Ferruh mentioned some drawbacks and some advantages of rebase. > Stephen mentioned another advantage of rebase. > Such decisions are really difficult. > One thing is sure: there will be always someone unhappy, > no matter the decision :) > > When we want to take such decision or re-consider it, > we ask the techboard to vote...
I'm not sure the techboard needs to vote on this, this is an issue for the tree maintainers/committers is it not? If you do want techboard input on this, I suggest the committers come to an agreement among themselves, with community input, and then just look for tech board to ratify it. /Bruce
