On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 7:31 PM Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'd like to propose a discussion about the workflow of the stable trees > when it comes to fs/ and mm/. In the past year we had some friction with > regards to the policies and the procedures around picking patches for > stable tree, and I feel it would be very useful to establish better flow > with the folks who might be attending LSF/MM. > > I feel that fs/ and mm/ are in very different places with regards to > which patches go in -stable, what tests are expected, and the timeline > of patches from the point they are proposed on a mailing list to the > point they are released in a stable tree. Therefore, I'd like to propose > two different sessions on this (one for fs/ and one for mm/), as a > common session might be less conductive to agreeing on a path forward as > the starting point for both subsystems are somewhat different. > > We can go through the existing processes, automation, and testing > mechanisms we employ when building stable trees, and see how we can > improve these to address the concerns of fs/ and mm/ folks. > Hi Sasha, I think it would be interesting to have another discussion on the state of fs/ in -stable and see if things have changed over the past couple of years. If you do not plan to attend LSF/MM in person, perhaps you will be able to join this discussion remotely?
