On Tue, 2018-02-06 at 17:02 +0000, George Dunlap wrote:
> On 02/06/2018 06:18 AM, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > On 05/02/18 17:53, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> > > 
> > > Considering we're releasing in June, but freezing in March, do we
> > > think
> > >  it is still early enough?
> 
> > The 4.11 release is completely dominated by Meltdown/Spectre
> > mitigation
> > work. So either 4.11 will be a security focused version or we need
> > to
> > extend the development phase.
> 
> Personally I could go either way on this.  So unless someone wants to
> argue for switching now (or we significantly extend the development
> window), let's plan on leaving this for post-4.11.
> 
Yes, I agree.

And if we don't switch now, I think we should say that, unless someone
argues against your reasoning in your other email, and convince us,
we'll switch as soon as 4.12 is branched (or perhaps as soon as 4.11 is
released?).

Regards,
Dario
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