Hi Greg, Thank you for the reply! On 12/06/2024 14:11, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 12:55:47PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts wrote: >> Hi Sasha, >> >> Thank you for the recent backports linked to MPTCP. >> >> Recently, I noticed that two patches [1] [2] with the same "Fixes" tag >> -- but without "Cc: stable", sorry for that -- have been backported to >> different stable versions. That's good, thank you! >> >> The first patch made its way to v5.15, while the second one went up to >> v6.8, but not to older stable versions. I understand it didn't go >> further because of other conflicts, and I'm ready to help to fix them. >> >> I just wanted to know if it is normal I didn't get any 'FAILED' >> notifications like the ones Greg send [3]: I rely on them to know which >> patches have been treated by the Stable team, but had conflicts. Will I >> get these notifications later (no hurry), or should I not rely on them >> to track fixes that could not be backported? > > FAILED only happens for patches that explicitly have a "Cc: stable@" tag > in a commit. If you only have a "Fixes:" tag, that doesn't happen as we > read that as "best effort if the stable team wants to add it". That's clear and it makes sense. I will make sure not to miss the "Cc: stable@" tag next time. Cheers, Matt -- Sponsored by the NGI0 Core fund.
