From: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 16:45:49 -0700
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 2:36 PM David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote: >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git > > How is this wrt an rc8 or a final? Nothing scary in there, I think you can safely do a -final with those networking changes. > On a very much related note, I really wish you didn't send the > networking fixes the day before a release is scheduled. > > If it's really quiet., send them on (say) Wed/Thu. And then on > Saturday, send a note saying "no, important stuff", hold on. Or say > "nothing new". > > Because right now the "last-minute network pull request" has become a > pattern, and I have a very hard time judging whether I should delay a > release for it. Sorry about that, just the way things work during the week I can't catch my breath until late Friday night or Saturday usually to review what I have and send a pull request to you. I'll shoot for more mid-week pulls in the future.