From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964846AbWGYVJY (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:09:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964834AbWGYVJY (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:09:24 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.21]:25740 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964846AbWGYVJX (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:09:23 -0400 X-Authenticated: #428038 Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:09:19 +0200 From: Matthias Andree To: Nathan Scott , stable@kernel.org, Justin Piszcz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.17.[1-6] XFS Filesystem Corruption, Where is 2.6.17.7? Message-ID: <20060725210919.GD4807@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: Nathan Scott , stable@kernel.org, Justin Piszcz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060725084624.C2090627@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> <20060725210716.GC4807@merlin.emma.line.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060725210716.GC4807@merlin.emma.line.org> X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12 (2006-07-17) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Matthias Andree wrote: > A serious suggestion is, providing that the arguments presented (people > busy with OLS preparations and long review queue for 2.6.17.N+1): > > How about doing 2.6.17.7 as an interim release fixing just what is known > to be critical at the point of the release, and then review the rest for > 2.6.17.8? That would nicely fit the release early, release often - users > like that particularly for bug fixes. OK, 2.6.17.7 is out, but still - is this suggestion worthwhile considering for future -stable release engineering or just crap? -- Matthias Andree