Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:32:41 +0200 | From | Francois Romieu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules |
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Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> : [...] > 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 accepted, and which ones are not, into the > > Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: > > + - The networking tree (net/ and drivers/net/) is 'special' and doesn't > + follow the rules below. Don't send or cc: patches for the -stable tree to > + stable@vger.kernel.org. Don't mark them stable. Just send the patches to > + netdev@vger.kernel.org and let the networking maintainer decide what to do > + with them.
David said "simply ask me to queue them up for -stable explicitly".
He did not say "send the patches and let me decide what to do with them".
-- Ueimor
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