Messages in this thread | | | From | Bjørn Mork <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 3.18 04/98] USB: qcserial: Fix support for HP lt4112 LTE/HSPA+ Gobi 4G Modem | Date | Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:02:24 +0200 |
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Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> writes:
> Note that the stable tag above lacks a version comment (e.g. "# 4.19"), > but I can see how that may be too subtle to convey this (and not all > maintainers use those). Perhaps an explicit comment should just be added > in such cases.
I have always thought that the inclusion of a "Fixes" tag made such comments redundant. A simple "git tag --contains .." returns the same info, and is more likely to be correct...
Or am I missing something?
I see the problem with matching up fixes to backported commits, but I've assumed the stable maintainers all keep a small "database" of backported commits to make such tasks easier. That's what I would have done, and they are much smarter than me ;-)
Bjørn
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