From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0DAC433E3 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 01:46:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7012C20789 for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2020 01:46:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727972AbgHBBqE (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Aug 2020 21:46:04 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35038 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726545AbgHBBqD (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Aug 2020 21:46:03 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net (shards.monkeyblade.net [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:9]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEA3CC06174A; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 18:46:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:477::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F78212880998; Sat, 1 Aug 2020 18:29:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:45:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20200801.184559.1165786746889167943.davem@davemloft.net> To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: <20200801.143631.1794965770015082550.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:29:17 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 16:45:49 -0700 > On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 2:36 PM David Miller wrote: >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git > > How is this wrt an rc8 or a final? Nothing scary in there, I think you can safely do a -final with those networking changes. > On a very much related note, I really wish you didn't send the > networking fixes the day before a release is scheduled. > > If it's really quiet., send them on (say) Wed/Thu. And then on > Saturday, send a note saying "no, important stuff", hold on. Or say > "nothing new". > > Because right now the "last-minute network pull request" has become a > pattern, and I have a very hard time judging whether I should delay a > release for it. Sorry about that, just the way things work during the week I can't catch my breath until late Friday night or Saturday usually to review what I have and send a pull request to you. I'll shoot for more mid-week pulls in the future.