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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 5.5 00/65] 5.5.11-rc1 review
    On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 08:51:34PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
    > Hi!
    >
    > > > > Thanks for letting me know, I've now dropped that patch (others
    > > > > complained about it for other reasons) and will push out a -rc2 with
    > > > > that fix.
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > > I did wonder why the offending patch was included, but then I figured that
    > > > I lost the "we apply too many patches to stable releases" battle, and I didn't
    > > > want to re-litigate it.
    > >
    > > I usually much rather take prerequisite patches rather than do
    > > backports, which is why that patch was selected.
    >
    > Unfortunately, that results in less useful -stable.

    Not at all, it makes for a _MORE_ useful stable, as we want to mirror
    what is in Linus's tree whenever possible.

    Come on now, we've been doing this for 17+ years now, it's not new.

    greg k-h

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