Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-24 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 01:34:05PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > Maybe adding a mechanism to MAINTAINERS would be better. > Maybe a default B: (backport?) of sta...@vger.kernel.org > with a per-subsystem override? Sounds fine to me. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux

Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-23 Thread Joe Perches
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 ve

Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-22 Thread Christoph Hellwig
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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send th

Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-20 Thread David Miller
From: Joe Perches Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:54:40 -0700 > On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 11:31 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: >> Networking is once again "special", so at least document >> how it's working today in the hope that doing so makes >> less work for all that actually read the documentation. > > Dav

Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-20 Thread Joe Perches
On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 11:31 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > Networking is once again "special", so at least document > how it's working today in the hope that doing so makes > less work for all that actually read the documentation. David, why did you mark this N/A is patchwork? It's your rule, why not

Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-19 Thread Francois Romieu
Joe Perches : [...] > David selects them regardless. > > from Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt: I don't believe that those who read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt will magically read networking/netdev-FAQ.txt as well nor figure that while they should not mark the patches stables (s

Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-19 Thread Joe Perches
On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 23:32 +0200, Francois Romieu wrote: > Joe Perches : > [...] > > diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > > b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > > index b0714d8..a2d6da0 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/stable_ker

Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules

2013-09-19 Thread Francois Romieu
Joe Perches : [...] > diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > index b0714d8..a2d6da0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are acc