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kernellogger@fosstodon.org

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

Really glad that @gregkh refuses[1] to pick up changes for stable/longterm series (say 5.4.y), if they have not yet been applied to all newer series (e.g. 5.10.y, 5.15.y, …). This is crucial, as people otherwise would run into if they'd sooner or later update from the older to one of the newer series.

[1] every few weeks (or even more often) some developer learns that aspect through a mail like https://lore.kernel.org/all/2024022603-speculate-staple-4f54@gregkh/

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matttbe@fosstodon.org

Matthieu Baerts

Reply to @kernellogger@fosstodon.org
Edited 2 months ago

@kernellogger @gregkh

> As mentioned on IRC, (...)

The stable team is not only reachable via their phone line and their famous answering machine, they are also available on IRC now??? 😮

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gregkh

Greg K-H

Reply to @matttbe@fosstodon.org
@matttbe @kernellogger We've been on irc for decades, we are everywhere :)
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kernellogger@fosstodon.org

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)

Reply to @gregkh

@gregkh @matttbe

/me takes note and will send the next backport request for the stable-team by fax machine[1] 😬 🙃

[1] yes, we still have those in use in Germany; at least according to the news they in some public authorities are even used a lot to exchange documents or data with others

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gromit@chaos.social

Christian Heusel

Reply to @gregkh

@gregkh @kernellogger @matttbe

Where are you on IRC? I only know of on oftc

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gregkh

Greg K-H

Reply to @gromit@chaos.social
@gromit @kernellogger @matttbe #kernelnewbies is great, I've been on there for a _very_ long time.
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