Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:38:44 +0100 | From | Mariusz Kozlowski <> | Subject | Re: [ 00/27] 3.7.1-stable review |
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 02:14:06PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:07:38PM +0100, Mariusz Kozlowski wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 03:01:13PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 3.7.1 release. > > > There are 27 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response > > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please > > > let me know. > > > > > > Responses should be made by Sun Dec 16 22:16:56 UTC 2012. > > > Anything received after that time might be too late. > > > > > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: > > > kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/stable-review/patch-3.7.1-rc1.gz > > > and the diffstat can be found below. > > > > Greg, would that be a problem to send these patches for review to > > linux-3.7.y branch and mark them with v3.7.1-rc1 commit/tag? > > Yes, it is a problem, sorry. > > > Is something goes wrong there is still place to fix/revert as needed. > > If not do the final commit/tag that says this is v3.7.1 [1]. > > > > It would be easier to automate things by just monitoring linux-stable > > remote for new tags. > > Automate what?
Automate builing stable -rc kernels so that the builds trigger themselves when needed and all I have to do is install the kernel and boot it - I do that on real hardware so this part is done manually so far (for various reasons).
>You can just look for the patch files to show up on > kernel.org if you wish to automate testing.
That's already done. Ugly but it works.
> Otherwise, sorry, but creating a git tree of these patches, for the -rc > kernels, doesn't work with the current work flow. I have to have the > ability to remove and add patches and change patches in the middle of > the series of patches before the final kernel release for a variety of > reasons, all of which have come up over the years of doing these stable > kernel releases. > > In other words, I don't ever want to rebase.
Ok. Thanks for explanation.
BTW. Nothing breaks for me so far so nothing to report. -- Mariusz Kozlowski
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