On 7/5/24 9:49 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 18:53:47 -0600 > David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 7/5/24 11:31 AM, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> Hello: >>> >>> This series was applied to iproute2/iproute2.git (main) >>> by Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> >> >> Why was this merged to the main repro? As a new feature to iproute2 this >> should be committed to next and only put in main on the next dev cycle. > > Because the kernel support was already added, I prefer to not force waiting > for code that is non-intrusive and kernel support is already present. I have told multiple people - with you in CC - that is not how iproute2 branching works. People need to send userspace patches for iproute2 in the same dev cycle as the kernel patches. You are now selectively undermining that process. What is the point of -next branch then?
