On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 10:17 +0000, Russell King wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 11:10:59AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 10:56 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > One rule I'm missing: > > > > > > - It must be accepted to mainline. > > > > > > > I absolutely agree with Andi on this one. > > What about the case (as highlighted in previous discussions) that the > stable tree needs a simple "dirty" fix, whereas mainline takes the > complex "clean" fix?
that's the exception I talked about a bit later in my mail. It should be rare and very deliberate. And in fact once the mainline change ripples out into maturity I rather replace the -stable one with that later on, even if it's a bit more invasive. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
