On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 20:53:13 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/1/165 > > > > Ironic to find that commit message in a stable backport. > > > > I'm happy to drop the Fixes tag. > > No, please do not drop the Fixes tag. That is a very _useful_ > information. If the stable tree maintainers want to abuse it so be it. > They are responsible for their tree. If you do not think this is a > stable material then fine with me. I tend to agree but that doesn't mean > that we should obfuscate Fixes. Well, we're responsible for stable trees too. And yes, I find it irksome. I/we evaluate *every* fix for -stable inclusion and if I/we decide "no" then dangit, it should be backported. Maybe we should introduce the Fixes-no-stable: tag. That should get their attention.
