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=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no 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 EB3F2C5519F for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:40:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C52A2225E for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:40:41 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=gmx.net header.i=@gmx.net header.b="guOZhMRF" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727153AbgKNPkk (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:40:40 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:59003 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727084AbgKNPkk (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Nov 2020 10:40:40 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1605368438; bh=Yy9l8U0I4AcfUNHl5mNY6+eY2n0gQ9V+P/E7vqhJH1Q=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Subject:From:To:Date; b=guOZhMRF/dHA7sMDMZM1GpiCL2/ZHDlctIZbMUSB6R7fOniYFh7JftOtBqGfryeyt Ih9k2eM0yl/gdbsLd6zfpmpUx6VXa5KYb7OZuZXrcciScu2jLIhdn8TCxHValWbv72 /85IOmiFNPzZOvSpvXSHniO9Pc63Xe8cauwneFGs= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([185.6.148.154]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx005 [212.227.17.184]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MBDnI-1kRGsS1cAo-00Cmed for ; Sat, 14 Nov 2020 16:40:38 +0100 Message-ID: <17c526d0c5f8ed8584f7bee9afe1b73753d1c70b.camel@gmx.com> Subject: Suggestion: Lengthen the review period for stable releases from 48 hours to 7 days. From: Hussam Al-Tayeb To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:40:36 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.38.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:FWrWt7CbA/82EYRdcLnQ62O4+aRXP7xtLB1tsfDdarlZGF1TTo6 2QRtTe2n34Ry7NjyFHvQoM2mE2Y5WDbYBAgZcxlcDiK35QdDIe1crCDLo15EG2UE1lj7PWi SWXgQsskhtPTghgUGnwb8qpL7Em4lE5CUSachtx05IERs6E/DAkIo/Bhaat/z0j9W0Wah7V KhbhYDGXvw4IuJFprUl+Q== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:d0r1VrjaY7Q=:xVSJ/Go8SCbmOhUU+3GNg5 sBVYaa4advGQc7dHBvRr5uDjkmAYR6/oKXP10bMb+CJYi/m/RBhyFGsoho+yFR7AhmsezkC1f 2RrRfySTarXjumSo0mhex/AvnYzBpz4gW3mqolKB1ud0VYfD5BPxoQhunUhR7pyHNLiKLPo4+ h7+qibbyedueqwxNN+YgR974SFiOcDL6sLQnh3tDLV2qbAdUUIn2bS+TZnCAnGyKF0ZD7OD2J zGJ1DrCzZ4eRHdwNyfr+m6gZZzoW3SEs/C1hhN4eSfYwGiRH2cPsVPlw6rU1ELp0feaNqoa6s GPGnQafMHomVUL79Nv4p2tppUvdFH1JMfnJRHJtC+DkEgnRY+GMTEitCqMLSk2OKwlh2tF5Or vcBWM6VJ3juDGv5dXtCWtU5VzmQBOScUWQU6euDf5c6EgRmEh9xVVl96gFhMFTyJrl9u10ZgC qYTwbCoaJbh2QqJD5JR/1OXv6umtIfKM/iAHw1soJZz5skHraX3G3LZy15B1RyPbUkcMRVqbl jtg61C893v/jKv9AOdsfErvkBQn/8b1XEDtpOoBcTtDpP49LNyoVeqtBf6D1oqUk63o1floBC bG3jQO7M6SyhEBcmz9QkS36OHEFsU9QuSMgW5UPA1wO0B4j+TFp+9GqQ21hneqQyIYpD2fQFA 1yRs4zVkm0fk2O9P8WdXQT52jK0eelFeGry34j8Wlf1WjJc3HlWiZxPVSFAJralDSijHNc6SS Ze/phsAvxsuIgAfS7TRkjRINYal1DGjlHdvWtLbFA6j17jHwK3ezUq9UoznEoKh4Cz0KHqtlK ZgRgaAscqLJvA2J2dCvjO4HoS4L/tjeMGVGk7o1p0PWGv1QNpOMN1Gx0L1+tli/RMTjhQeLqm MuFkDs7vDfN1Hmgr7QMsgytbO3MQoOMuu+86pMLfo= Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello. I would like to suggest lengthening the review period for stable releases from 48 hours to 7 days. The rationale is that 48 hours is not enough for people to test those stable releases and make sure there are no regressions for particular workflows. This is especially important for companies deploying those kernels in production machines. Often those releases are on weekends as well further limiting the ability to test. It is of course possible to skip stable updates that have large numbers of patches and only update once a month but I feel a longer testing period will work best for everyone. It is, of course, always possible to exempt urgent security releases from the waiting period. Thank you. Hussam.