On Tuesday 2010-05-11 15:45, Patrick McHardy wrote: >> >> The plan, as posted last fall[1], is to continue generalizing the >> different iptables copies into one, bringing Xtables up to the next >> level, e.g. family-agnostic rulesets, while retaining >> compatibility. >> >> [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/345176/ >> >> The "when" originally was 2.6.32, but I got a little slacky in doing >> requested benchmarks, so it had practically postponed itself to the >> current cycle, 2.6.35. If my counting is right, ~41 patches of that >> list[1] have been merged, and while doing that, 46 concurrent >> commits/ideas of mine have also been merged. >> >> There are at least 60 patches left however, and that does not include >> any comments from your side. I guess I don't get to spool and flush the >> entire queue to 2.6.35 anymore - "better luck next time", or? > >Well, I have no problems already merging parts that make sense on >their own, but this patchset kind of stops in the middle. I felt it made more sense to cut at 11 rather than 8. The next coherent batch would start introducing pure new code and would already be one of size 29. I mean I don't mind, you will look through them either way ;-) >My suggestions would be for me to merge patches 01-08 and you >include the remaining ones in a series that actually need that >change. If you manage to submit that series in time for 2.6.35, >even better. How does that sound? Always fine by me. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
