From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail144.messagelabs.com (mail144.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A10FF6B004D for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:18:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:18:44 +0100 (BST) From: Hugh Dickins Subject: Re: [PATCH] ksm: change default values to better fit into mainline kernel In-Reply-To: <4ABB99FE.3060105@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <1253736347-3779-1-git-send-email-ieidus@redhat.com> <4ABB99FE.3060105@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Izik Eidus Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, aarcange@redhat.com List-ID: On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Izik Eidus wrote: > On 09/24/2009 06:52 PM, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > You rather caught me by surprise with this one, Izik: I was thinking > > more rc7 than rc1 for switching it off; > > I thought that after the merge window -> only fixes can get in, but I guess I > was wrong... Linus much prefers new features in rc1, though sometimes allowed in rc2; from then on it should be mainly bugfixing, yes, but lots of work does go in then, and tweaks to defaults, additions to documentation, etc, are perfectly acceptable. Hugh -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org