Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Mar 2022 21:22:50 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid: cleanup formatting of megaraid | From | Bart Van Assche <> |
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On 3/3/22 15:38, Joe Perches wrote: > One argument is that churn leads to difficulty in backporting > fixes to older 'stable' versions. > > I think the churn argument is overstated.
I'm often backporting patches to older kernels and I think the churn argument has not been emphasized enough. Backporting patches is a normal aspect of a product lifecycle since a kernel version is chosen when development of a product starts and bugfixes are cherry-picked from upstream selectively.
Thanks,
Bart.
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