RE: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-11-02 Thread Henry Wang
Hi Julien, > -Original Message- > Subject: Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later > On 02/11/2022 07:27, Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 02.11.2022 04:00, Henry Wang wrote: >> > >> Also I think we need to submit a patch to make the defau

Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-11-02 Thread Julien Grall
On 02/11/2022 07:27, Jan Beulich wrote: On 02.11.2022 04:00, Henry Wang wrote: >> Also I think we need to submit a patch to make the default CONFIG_DEBUG to n in Kconfig? Thanks! Iirc what was done in 4.16 was to switch to non-debug immediately after branching, on the new branch only. That

Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-11-02 Thread Jan Beulich
On 02.11.2022 04:00, Henry Wang wrote: > Hi Julien and Jan, > >> -Original Message- Somewhat related. When should we branch for the release and set CONFIG_DEBUG=n? I think we would at least need a RC with CONFIG_DEBUG=n but IIUC we usually do it at a point where th

RE: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-11-01 Thread Henry Wang
Hi Julien and Jan, > -Original Message- > > > Somewhat related. When should we branch for the release and set > > > CONFIG_DEBUG=n? > > > > > > I think we would at least need a RC with CONFIG_DEBUG=n but IIUC we > > > usually do it at a point where the tree is nearly frozen. > > > > > > AF

Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-10-28 Thread Bruce Ashfield
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 2:43 AM Christopher Clark < christopher.w.cl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 9:44 PM Henry Wang wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Since there will be a batch of XSAs released on Nov. 1 [1] and the >> original date for >> the 4.17 release was supposed to be Nov. 2, I

RE: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-10-28 Thread Henry Wang
Hi Julien and Jan, Thanks for being cautious :) > -Original Message- > From: Jan Beulich > Subject: Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later > > On 28.10.2022 10:57, Julien Grall wrote: > > On 28/10/2022 05:43, Henry Wang wrote: > >>

Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-10-28 Thread Jan Beulich
On 28.10.2022 10:57, Julien Grall wrote: > On 28/10/2022 05:43, Henry Wang wrote: >> Since there will be a batch of XSAs released on Nov. 1 [1] and the original >> date for >> the 4.17 release was supposed to be Nov. 2, I am thinking to postpone the >> 4.17 >> release to a week later (Nov. 11) to

Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-10-28 Thread Julien Grall
On 28/10/2022 05:43, Henry Wang wrote: Hi all, Hi Henry and others, Since there will be a batch of XSAs released on Nov. 1 [1] and the original date for the 4.17 release was supposed to be Nov. 2, I am thinking to postpone the 4.17 release to a week later (Nov. 11) to give a little bit lo

Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-10-27 Thread Juergen Gross
On 28.10.22 06:43, Henry Wang wrote: Hi all, Since there will be a batch of XSAs released on Nov. 1 [1] and the original date for the 4.17 release was supposed to be Nov. 2, I am thinking to postpone the 4.17 release to a week later (Nov. 11) to give a little bit longer time so that: - The sec

Re: Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-10-27 Thread Christopher Clark
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 9:44 PM Henry Wang wrote: > Hi all, > > Since there will be a batch of XSAs released on Nov. 1 [1] and the > original date for > the 4.17 release was supposed to be Nov. 2, I am thinking to postpone the > 4.17 > release to a week later (Nov. 11) to give a little bit longer

Feedback for postponing the 4.17 release to a week later

2022-10-27 Thread Henry Wang
Hi all, Since there will be a batch of XSAs released on Nov. 1 [1] and the original date for the 4.17 release was supposed to be Nov. 2, I am thinking to postpone the 4.17 release to a week later (Nov. 11) to give a little bit longer time so that: - The security team won't do anything in rush. -