Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:15:02 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH] Fix NULL pointer for Xen guests |
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:50:39AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > I worry that if the -stable maintainer see me drop a patch, but the > patch in Linus's tree doesn't have the stable tag, they might not merge > the fix into -stable. I bugged them about this scenario recently and > the reply was a bit waffly ;)
It was?
I try my best, that if I see you drop a patch, to go dig through Linus's tree to find if it landed there. If not, I leave it in my queue, and do that for a few releases. If after a long time (like 6 months) I either ping someone, or just drop it from my queue as I guessed that someone dropped it for some reason.
If I miss one of these, please let me know.
> By far the safest thing to do is to include the stable tag in your > changelog right at the outset.
Yes, that's the _easiest_ and will not get lost.
thanks,
greg k-h
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