On Mon, 19 Jun 2023, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > Seeing as we're on -rc7 already, any reason why we shouldn't hold off > > and simply apply these against LEDs once v6.5 is released? > > Each subsystem has its own policies. netdev tends to accept patches > right up until the merge window opens, sometimes even a couple of days > into the merge window for low risk changes. Maybe this is because > netdev is fast moving, two weeks of not merging results in a big > backlog of patches, making it a bumpy restart once merging is started > again. And is some of those late patches breaks something, there is > still 7 weeks to fix it. > > Since this is cross subsystems i would expect both subsystems > Maintainers to agree to a merge or not. If you want to be more > conservative than netdev, wait until after the next merge window, > please say so. > > If you do decided to wait, you are going to need to create another > stable branch to pull into netdev. I know it is not a huge overhead, > but it is still work, coordination etc. Can you clarify you last point for me please? -- Lee Jones [李琼斯]
