Hey, On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:47:29PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:05:01PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 01:55:12PM -0600, Ben Myers wrote: > > > > Ok, how about I never apply any xfs stable kernel patch, unless you send > > > > it to stable@vger.kernel.org? > > > > > > Dave has made it clear that he doesn't want to be involved in maintaining > > > -stable kernels. > > I don't think you quite understand, Ben.
... > > > > I have that rule in place for some other subsystems that don't want me > > > > applying stuff that they aren't aware of, and have no problem doing the > > > > same > > > > thing here. > > > > > > > > Just let me know. > > Sounds like a fine idea, Greg. > > > > Here are the usual suspects: > > > > > > Ben Myers <b...@sgi.com> > > > Mark Tinguely <tingu...@sgi.com> > > > Dave Chinner <dchin...@redhat.com> > > > Eric Sandeen <sand...@redhat.com> > > I don't think it should be restricted to individuals. The private > thread used to request this backport is exactly why I didn't see > the request in a timely fashion, and also the reason why we didn't > end up with notifications for review going to x...@oss.sgi.com. > > Hence I'd suggest the only thing that matters is that there is a cc > to x...@oss.sgi.com, because that means all of the above people (and > more) are on that list and hence have the best chance to see and > review the backport request. > > > Ok, but for this specific patch, did I do something wrong in taking it? > > No, you didn't do anything wrong, Greg. Stuff went wrong on the XFS > side of the fence. > > > I guess I'll just let you send me xfs patches, is that ok with everyone > > else? > > Sure, that would work, but only after the patches have been sent to > x...@oss.sgi.com for review and testing and been acked. And, of > course, the stable submission woul dalso need to have a > x...@oss.sgi.com cc on it. ;) Making sure that x...@oss.sgi.com is Cc'd on -stable patches seems reasonable to me. No objection here, Dave. -Ben -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
