On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 11:07:19AM -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
Per discussion with David at netconf 2018, let's clarify DaveM's position of handling stable backports in netdev-FAQ.
This is important for people relying on upstream -stable releases.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Cong Wang xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com
Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt index 2a3278d5cf35..6dde6686c870 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt @@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ A: No. See above answer. In short, if you think it really belongs in dash marker line as described in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst to temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send. +Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases?
+A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last
- 3 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer
s/3/2/
There's no need for Dave to do more work than he currently does :)
thanks,
greg k-h