On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Olof Johansson <olof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I will be having a 3 week break leading up to the kernel >> summit. This means that next-20130927 (next Friday) will be the last >> linux-next release until next-20131028 (or maybe 29 depending on >> jetlag). I presume that Linus will be up to v3.12-rc7 by then and -rc7 >> is often the last before a release ... Please plan accordingly. > > This brings up a subject that could be good to discuss at KS: Do you > want a backup to share your workload and for hand-off at times like > this? > > You've been carrying the load of linux-next alone for years now, and > having someone that can take over every now and then seems like a good > idea. You've been doing an outstanding job but everybody need downtime > sometimes. > > Linux-next is incredibly valuable for _so_ many of us, and a big part > of the value is in the continuous frequent releases that allows us to > catch issues quickly when they are staged, and keep bisectability as > high as possible. It also helps us discover early on when someone is > merging code through a maintainer they shouldn't (due to conflicts). > It will be very much missed during your well-deserved vacation. > A co-maintainer is a good idea. Describing and writing down the Linux-next workflow, also. - Sedat - -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
