On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:40:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > - I will wait for a -rc to come out with the patch in it before putting > it into a stable release, unless: Question: what's the exact reasoning of that delay? To get more people who install -rc kernels to smoke-test patches tagged for stable. What happens if the bug gets detected *after* you've taken the patch? We probably end up in the same situation. I guess I'm questioning the usefullness of such a delay period... Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html