Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1

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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...>
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 1:31 pm

>    That may not sound like much, but it's enough to make me worry about 
 >    'next'. I worry that 'it has been in next' has become a code-word for 
 >    "pull this, because it's good", and I'm not at all convinced that 
 >    'next' sees any real critical checking.

I've been mentioning that my trees have been in next as code for, "I
don't think this should break the build or clash too badly with anything
else."  And next has been useful to me on several occasions for catching
that sort of problem before things hit mainline.

 - R.
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Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Linus Torvalds, (Mon Jul 28, 11:23 pm)
Linux v2.6.27-rc1: fails to compile, Grant Coady, (Tue Jul 29, 6:03 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1: fails to compile, Frederik Deweerdt, (Tue Jul 29, 6:40 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1: fails to compile, Grant Coady, (Tue Jul 29, 7:46 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Sam Ravnborg, (Tue Jul 29, 5:37 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Jul 29, 5:42 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Sam Ravnborg, (Tue Jul 29, 5:59 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Jul 29, 6:03 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Sam Ravnborg, (Tue Jul 29, 6:30 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1: problem with firmware stuff, Rafael J. Wysocki, (Tue Jul 29, 4:49 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1: problem with firmware stuff, Rafael J. Wysocki, (Tue Jul 29, 5:01 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1: problem with firmware stuff, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Jul 29, 5:01 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1: problem with firmware stuff, David Woodhouse, (Tue Jul 29, 6:26 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Jesse Barnes, (Tue Jul 29, 12:27 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Linus Torvalds, (Tue Jul 29, 12:59 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Andrew Morton, (Wed Jul 30, 5:03 am)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1: linux-next, Rafael J. Wysocki, (Thu Jul 31, 6:22 pm)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Roland Dreier, (Tue Jul 29, 1:31 pm)
Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Alistair John Strachan, (Tue Jul 29, 9:57 am)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Pekka Paalanen, (Tue Jul 29, 12:22 pm)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Alistair John Strachan, (Tue Jul 29, 12:50 pm)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Dmitry Adamushko, (Wed Jul 30, 5:07 am)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Dmitry Adamushko, (Wed Jul 30, 6:35 am)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Ingo Molnar, (Thu Jul 31, 12:56 pm)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Dmitry Adamushko, (Thu Jul 31, 3:52 pm)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Dmitry Adamushko, (Thu Jul 31, 3:55 pm)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Alistair John Strachan, (Thu Jul 31, 8:49 am)
Re: Oops in microcode sysfs registration,, Peter Oruba, (Wed Jul 30, 9:28 am)
2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Alistair John Strachan, (Tue Jul 29, 5:49 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Johannes Berg, (Tue Jul 29, 6:09 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Theodore Tso, (Tue Jul 29, 8:04 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Johannes Berg, (Tue Jul 29, 8:09 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Johannes Berg, (Tue Jul 29, 8:15 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, John W. Linville, (Tue Jul 29, 1:52 pm)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, David Miller, (Wed Jul 30, 12:48 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Theodore Tso, (Tue Jul 29, 11:18 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Alistair John Strachan, (Tue Jul 29, 7:25 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Johannes Berg, (Tue Jul 29, 7:26 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Alistair John Strachan, (Tue Jul 29, 7:55 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Kalle Valo, (Tue Jul 29, 7:46 am)
Re: 2.6.27-rc1: zd1211rw association fails, Hugh Dickins, (Tue Jul 29, 7:37 am)
Re: Linux v2.6.27-rc1, Nick Piggin, (Tue Jul 29, 12:01 am)