| To: | Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules |
| From: | Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:34:05 -0700 |
| Cc: | David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| Delivered-to: | xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20130922185104.GA7515@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| References: | <alpine.LRH.2.02.1309191229480.32035@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <20130919.135628.1201613770803318193.davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <alpine.LRH.2.02.1309191359300.12162@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <1379615474.22168.13.camel@joe-AO722> <20130922185104.GA7515@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
On Sun, 2013-09-22 at 11:51 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > This is also the preferred way to do it for XFS. Maybe word it in a way > that we can easily add subsystems. > > To me it generally seems to be the best way to do it - having random Ccs > and lots of stable trees doesn't seem like a very good way of handling > it. Maybe adding a mechanism to MAINTAINERS would be better. Maybe a default B: (backport?) of stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a per-subsystem override? SUBSYSTEM TYPE M: maintainer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx L: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx S: Supported F: file/pattern/ B: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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