Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: A note on the 5.12-rc1 tag | From | Krzysztof Kozlowski <> | Date | Thu, 4 Mar 2021 14:23:54 +0100 |
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On 04/03/2021 13:43, Pavel Machek wrote: >> One additional reason for this note is that I want to not just warn >> people to not run this if you have a swapfile - even if you are >> personally not impacted (like I am, and probably most people are - >> swap partitions all around) - I want to make sure that nobody starts >> new topic branches using that 5.12-rc1 tag. I know a few developers >> tend to go "Ok, rc1 is out, I got all my development work into this >> merge window, I will now fast-forward to rc1 and use that as a base >> for the next release". Don't do it this time. It may work perfectly >> well for you because you have the common partition setup, but it can >> end up being a horrible base for anybody else that might end up >> bisecting into that area. > > Would it make sense to do a -rc2, now, so new topic branches can be > started on that one?
+1 to this idea. I already applied few patches, well, on top of v5.12-rc1, so would be nice if I stop this sooner than later.
Best regards, Krzysztof
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