From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BEFD1327 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2018 14:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from NAM05-CO1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-eopbgr720107.outbound.protection.outlook.com [40.107.72.107]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3358D7C3 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2018 14:54:16 +0000 (UTC) From: Sasha Levin To: Takashi Iwai Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 14:54:14 +0000 Message-ID: <20180905145413.GL16300@sasha-vm> References: <20180905081658.GB24902@quack2.suse.cz> <1536141525.8121.2.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20180905104700.GE9781@sirena.org.uk> <6a25761a-c640-4eb2-952c-4bcd91da28a2@email.android.com> <20180905142038.GI16300@sasha-vm> <20180905144155.GK16300@sasha-vm> In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: James Bottomley , Greg KH , "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINER SUMMIT] Stable trees and release time List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 04:46:26PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: >On Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:41:56 +0200, >Sasha Levin wrote: >> So right now I'm lagging a few weeks behind upstream. If I limit it to >> patches that are at least 1 month old will that help with your concerns? > >A few weeks after rc-release or the final release? >If it's the latter, that should be fine. A few weeks after a given patch was merged upstream. The tricky part is if I wait a month from final release then the relevant stable tree is already EOL. Greg has an aggressive schedule for Stable, I'm just trying to keep up most of the time... -- Thanks, Sasha=