On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 12:50:42PM +0200, Alexander Grund wrote: > On 11.08.22 14:17, Greg KH wrote: > > As this fixes no bug or real issue that anyone is having with 4.9, why > > is this needed? > > This makes it easier to maintain the kernel by removing error-prone code. Not really, we only add commits that we have to add. We don't add things that are "just nice". Don't do work you don't have to do for a task right now please. > I mentioned this patch earlier and you seemed to be interested to at least > have a look at [1]. Sure, for real bugfixes. That's not what this patch is. > The 4.9.y branch is also used by the Civil Infrastructure Project (CIP) to maintain > a SLTS (Super Long Term Support) 4.4.y branch which is e.g. used by a community > maintaining alternative Android builds for devices no longer supported by their > vendors. Yes, again, I know all about the crazy plans of CIP and my statements on why it is looney and not a good idea are quite public. It also has nothing to do with how we currently maintain the stable/LTS kernel trees, so it's not relevant to us at all. thanks, greg k-h
