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    SubjectRe: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] KS Topic request: Handling the Stable kernel, let's dump the cc: stable tag
    On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 11:04:28PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
    > On Mon, 2013-07-15 at 13:19 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
    > > That seems to be a bit drastic. It is quite useful to have the tag,
    > > but maybe it should only be added by the maintainer and not in the initial
    > > patch submission. This would ensure that the maintainer(s) made the decision.
    > > If the original patch submitter thinks that the patch is stable material,
    > > that information could be added in the comments section.
    >
    > In the case where a maintainer applies a patch with 'git am', surely
    > they can *see* that it's cc:stable?
    >
    If that maintainer is careful, yes. But that isn't the point or idea. The
    difference is that the maintainer would have to make an active decision
    to add the cc:stable tag vs. just going along with it.

    Guenter


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