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SubjectRe: linux-next: procedures
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:38:07 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote:

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> The following will cause a tree to be temporarily dropped from linux-next:
> - non-trivial conflicts with Linus' tree
> - build failures

Hi Stephen,
One clarification, please.

Does this mean build failures that _you_ see/experience during tree merging
and not other reported build failures?

Thanks,
~Randy


> - non-obvious conflicts with other trees (this will require
> us to come up with some way forward for the trees involved)
> - the contact for the tree being unresponsive
>
> Most conflicts will be notified to the contacts for the trees involved
> (some really trivial ones will not). Simple conflicts between trees I
> will try to fix up (if possible) and carry such resolutions as necessary.
>
> I will not, any more, carry fix up patches to make linux-next build or
> boot. If a tree is identified as causing such a problem, it will be
> dropped until the problem is fixed.
>
> This is all open to discussion ...


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