Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:25:51 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag |
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On 07/15/2013 05:21 PM, Greg KH wrote: >> >> However, it doesn't seem to happen too often, but it does underscore the >> need for a maintainer to be able to *retroactively* NAK a patch for >> stable, if it is uncovered that it isn't appropriate after all. > > I give maintainers 2 different chances to NAK a patch, and if they miss > those, I can also easily revert a patch that got applied and do a new > release, which I have done in the past. >
Yes, it doesn't actually seem to be a problem in practice.
In other words, the current system seems to work well, and unless someone wants to show cases where it doesn't work I don't see a reason to switch it...
-hpa
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