Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Eugeni Dodonov <> | | Date | Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:58:39 -0200 | | Subject | Re: New drm-intel-next tree |
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On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 17:41, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Because Keith is routinely really busy with all kinds of things, notably > gathering fixes for drm-intel-fixes, the patch merge process for the next > release cycle sometimes falls behind. To support him and improve things I've > been volunteered to take over handling the -next tree. > > The main aim is to shift the drm/i915 -next merge process massively ahead with > the goals to: > - Reduce pressure to merge questionable patches into -rc kernels because the > -next tree is not yet open for patches. > - Allow our QA at Intel and also the community to actually test things before > they land in mainline. The lack of such testing has severly bitten us in the > past few releases. > - Refocus -fixes on handling regressions with absolute top priority (as it > should). > - And generally get a steady and predictable patch-flow towards mainline back > into gears.
Following up on Daniel's mail, I discussed with him, and from now on I intend to include the -next patches into the -drm-intel-backports [1] as well, to simplify testing for ones of you running stable kernels who want to test the latest breakages^w features :).
[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.drivers.intel/7961
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