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Hi Steven,

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:02:26 -0400 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> Yes, it's great if we can catch things in -next. But I don't believe
> that patches that fix bugs found in Linus's tree should sit in next
> before going into Linus's tree, because those patches are basically
> fixing stuff that was already in next and wasn't discovered until it
> hit Linus's tree. Which is why I say it's a waste of time to put it in
> next before sending straight to Linus.

Those bugs are not always for stuff that was in -next - there is a
significant amount of code that still does not see -next until the
merge window opens (if ever) ... and sometimes the fixes do get to sit
in -next (in my fixes tree) because they do not get forwarded to Linus
quickly (or Linus is asleep :-)) or I find them and need them so that I
can get on with further merges.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au