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=-0.7 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 25D41C63697 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:53:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C598F241A5 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:53:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=gmx.net header.i=@gmx.net header.b="dA3ltg3V" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727001AbgKQUxt (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:53:49 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:50327 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726904AbgKQUxt (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:53:49 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1605646425; bh=/w8+XK1f+ns4p7L0r5PQYPFdoyqzXVUeUwEeDctF4+E=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=dA3ltg3VhKNRA2iSEvgg3yVqZikcx91DTrcJXvGlAhXPUOa7wucng4MrmE7P2Jqil NQQ/uIY+JTEb70pfGjFoA47Q1HEmvBbKKDYQoUVqVnkISC5FmTzPax1UZb9DYIJf65 novbXhkBFaIGZhQj4L9ehSCPyIqiLnrdrWHtmn/I= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([185.6.149.137]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx005 [212.227.17.184]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MiJZE-1k16jO3XXi-00fSZH; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:53:45 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Suggestion: Lengthen the review period for stable releases from 48 hours to 7 days. From: Hussam Al-Tayeb To: Pavel Machek , Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 22:53:41 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20201117080141.GA6275@amd> References: <17c526d0c5f8ed8584f7bee9afe1b73753d1c70b.camel@gmx.com> <20201117080141.GA6275@amd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" User-Agent: Evolution 3.38.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:v3Dmkr/D1OYqhQnFDADyB24Jy+TixN5njZcrd41Q0umiCtj+LLH Ks7G/XtTBGfSmB2m3zpIf5Se1ULo0Z4JnFqrLzmnmf4aw0uRbra5IZpjfYjed3KYe76idwW tzUUkpC7P7SK599ZKWCKn+lXa7EVvUvlbda3SQRBU+84R341UxGm4qa149mzQiHc46QoAZ6 DnDc1VfzTMu691YgykqaQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:jTdLM88MxnY=:vDiBDpp0nscSvKKT29Ugn/ DwhJsZAq/tKwD8TdXMfkl87zdX4fwtIdObZixEfL/xholVNt7cs2iSG6F4u2Z3dULlcp3ry5m 8Ecrmd6yzU5v8M4dtYd0Ib0AVazPB8AO69ZhsGAM2A/TKhzddUuD/6NmhevAnwnl2cZVOHLUY Sqci9jwr0tYgg45S60p3Scf8VmUpE1xg/d+9qio4xD5DJLtO1Eykvrg5uJBlRpRAlwyToIMG1 5F0t/xuLRgRSgHh+Xi84mYFMFBx2gOR5rY05s0i7TS+rawmsYpjL1Yg2sM7WiYt3NQ8AmV8kc m2HdLNjAv+Hh0TWpayXVL7YThG0jm18DNTO1VGRY4NLHzEKKSvKF+X00jgx075/p7FE53Nzmi hQ7ZyRDPzhigmaUc9ZyObOSsDOSDgERlqk9b1J1GSo3h8hMeGpzXKkNVL21O4RjRv3SFvIj56 uXJpCJMzBGdiPwvazOPW/u0oCjQs4do6K84xF7h52cBg1CHzFpJHoOnhZnhAGk7+3jslpowAZ OfEs9vD94tH0QJai+G9ocqKPbE0GLMnllMu9YkoZlUB4MrBekHLZU8iq4oLu7XNbQ8HYv2nkQ jIG8FBcDc9W36i06Enkc06z1FScMS7Ooq3jS4GTkczdS2VglvHLxkdYpl8gXZbxLtq1H3pQEM YEshcQqlOXFrbccgG/W4bj/DbFRZDVRI5sTmL8wFK5T4ufAUsOd7gN2Kizmhv0J328pWJfA14 fWqnuBGeUW0XZVDz0PZuW2Ungu1jUWgx75MCQbsiXteyGA/iv0spo/GKcKrIuHrOtw2QcosGp hnu69MCfE2hYYwyxJFht7TZdhSK8gq0o83wkaobMc6dgMziDK94Lq0XXUnIWrbUUPRDcueaaK 9zptBzsbx9/bz29gc/fstLO6m6bPRYc84LYcP/yd8= Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org Please CC me in any replies as I am not subscribed to the list. This is a legitimate request as I often need more than two days especially on busy work days or weekends. On Tue, 2020-11-17 at 09:01 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Sat 2020-11-14 17:40:36, Hussam Al-Tayeb wrote: > > 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. > > You should probably cc stable list and Greg with this. > > And yes, I believe that would be good idea. > > Plus the period is very often shorter than advertised, which might be > also good to fix. > > Best regards, > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0pavel >