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

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 05:21:57PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On 07/15/2015 12:40 PM, Greg KH 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.
> 
> Agreed, it's probably better for the LTS kernels where it's better to trade
> off release frequency for stability.
> 
> What's the reasoning for doing it 1 per week? To get fixes out earlier?

Because if I don't, the number of patches are just too large for one
release.  And also it's good to get fixes out as soon as possible, right
now I'm running a few weeks behind and people are getting annoyed...

thanks,

greg k-h