On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 11:07:19AM -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> Per discussion with David at netconf 2018, let's clarify
> DaveM's position of handling stable backports in netdev-FAQ.
>
> This is important for people relying on upstream -stable
> releases.
>
> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang
> ---
> Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt | 9 +
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> index 2a3278d5cf35..6dde6686c870 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> @@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ A: No. See above answer. In short, if you think it
> really belongs in
> dash marker line as described in
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst to
> temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send.
>
> +Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases?
> +
> +A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last
> + 3 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch
> maintainer
s/3/2/
There's no need for Dave to do more work than he currently does :)
thanks,
greg k-h
