From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:21:53 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Geert Uytterhoeven Message-ID: <20160913192153.GT27946@sirena.org.uk> References: <57C78BE9.30009@linaro.org> <20160902134711.movdpffcdcsx6kzv@thunk.org> <20160910120055.gr2cvad7efwci4f2@thunk.org> <20160912162714.GC27946@sirena.org.uk> <20160912171450.GB27349@kroah.com> <20160912234548.GL27946@sirena.org.uk> <20160913061931.GC11047@kroah.com> <20160913103814.GQ27946@sirena.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UefMXxAhg/xpzpuf" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: Tsugikazu Shibata , Greg KH , "ltsi-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [LTSI-dev] [Stable kernel] feature backporting collaboration List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --UefMXxAhg/xpzpuf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 02:25:10PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 08:19:31AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > >> 4.4 was a total supprise to everyone, including me, it came out during > >> the kernel summit discussions, and we decided right there in the middle > >> of my talk to do it. So there was no "preannouncement" possible there. > > It was still a preannouncement - you announced before v4.4 came out as > > opposed to after. > Yes, but still long after the closing of the v4.4 merge window, making it > almost impossible to sneak in new features. That's true but it's not something that makes a different from the point of view of the people I've seen caring most about getting advance notice - for them just having some notice before the actual release makes a big difference. --UefMXxAhg/xpzpuf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJX2FHPAAoJECTWi3JdVIfQa4UH/1A51iHzaemitVNsWrKvY2vo QMsSmI8DSrLL6Qf3yojIyqdxhECZ6Fhk/Cdw20haaQLzyzkcojgbnppKlIl2fFF9 s2lUcmalwbGORN1PebbxG00phu0sPy+LUJjjTOTf8AqBP2TKZFtTJvEFrNYvory5 YiOnwnEQntIHJtt07ol/RWMhzH4P8jFZVHiIs5Wt8wNtjtqGytZr5A6jFD8EFrTg Lf4Y2HCZZxt0fMl1U8Y6E/qmKSEnD5D7KsrO/Tv40rhjMBWHK5Tbk13H4SmqCA7a V6APMrWu9IZ90QKJt0HC7C3oDCiMSYKGxvhvLC/Nlxq5PxR1LCnbGM0zy5SKMpU= =zT2R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UefMXxAhg/xpzpuf--