[Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] Issues with stable process

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:15:50PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On 07/15/2015 12:03 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >> > That would be the ideal setup for me though -- tagged or branched -rc
> >> > candidates of stable releases that I'd be happy to put through the
> >> > build/boot test at my end.
> > kernelci now handles -rc stable releases, so would this just be a
> > duplication of that work?
> 
> I've actually suggested -rc stable cycles for the purpose of getting -rc
> stable kernels into users hands by making it possible for distros to
> ship these as proposed/test kernels by giving them enough time (right now
> the review cycle is only a few days, making it impossible for distros
> to ship them).

Given that I do a new -stable release on the average of one a week,
getting these into a distro as a testing kernel and getting feedback is
going to be pretty much impossible.

> As Guenter and Greg mentioned, there's already a fair amount of testing
> being done on the queue branches, but there's really no testing being
> done by end users before they receive a final kernel.

I get feedback from Fedora, they always let me know when something goes
really wrong, which is pretty unusual.  So I don't know if "more
testing" is going to really pay off.

thanks,

greg k-h