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    SubjectRe: [stable] [patch 00/50] -stable review
    On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 05:16:11PM -0500, Michael Krufky wrote:
    > Greg KH wrote:
    > > On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 01:24:18PM -0500, Michael Krufky wrote:
    > >> Chris Wright wrote:
    > >>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.19.2 release.
    > >>> There are 50 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
    > >>> to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
    > >>> let us know. If anyone is a maintainer of the proper subsystem, and
    > >>> wants to add a Signed-off-by: line to the patch, please respond with it.
    > >>>
    > >>> These patches are sent out with a number of different people on the
    > >>> Cc: line. If you wish to be a reviewer, please email stable@kernel.org
    > >>> to add your name to the list. If you want to be off the reviewer list,
    > >>> also email us.
    > >>>
    > >>> Responses should be made by Mon Jan 8 02:30 UTC.
    > >>> Anything received after that time might be too late.
    > >> At which point was 2.6.18.y dropped? I thought we were always going to keep
    > >> the last two stable kernels up-to-date. Have I been wasting my time fwd'ing
    > >> 2.6.18.y patches?
    > >
    > > It was dropped a while ago, sorry.
    > >
    > > I'll go through the archives and see if there's enough to do a .18
    > > release (and the patches are serious enough to warrent it.)
    >
    > Actually, I have a few more -stable patches for both 2.6.18.y and 2.6.19.y, if
    > you don't mind holding off a day or two (wont have time to prepare these until
    > tomorrow evening)... One of them is a security fix, that allows a non-root user
    > to hang the kernel given the correct circumstances.

    Ok, that's serious enough :)

    I'll wait for your patches.

    > Maybe you guys can make some sort of announcement before the -stable kernel is
    > closed. I know that now that 2.6.20 is released, implicitly 2.6.18.y is
    > closed... but it's been a long while since the last 2.6.18.y release, so I
    > wasn't sure if patches were still being accepted.

    I thought we did at the time we did the last release, but I'll try to
    remember to highlight it a more prominently next time.

    thanks,

    greg k-h
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