Subject: Re: linux-next: procedures

From: Randy Dunlap <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:47:57 -0800

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:38:07 +1100 Stephen Rothwell wrote:

...

> The following will cause a tree to be temporarily dropped from linux-next:
> 	- non-trivial conflicts with Linus' tree
> 	- build failures

Hi Stephen,
One clarification, please.

Does this mean build failures that _you_ see/experience during tree merging
and not other reported build failures?

Thanks,
~Randy

> 	- non-obvious conflicts with other trees (this will require
> us to come up with some way forward for the trees involved)
> 	- the contact for the tree being unresponsive
> 
> Most conflicts will be notified to the contacts for the trees involved
> (some really trivial ones will not).  Simple conflicts between trees I
> will try to fix up (if possible) and carry such resolutions as necessary.
> 
> I will not, any more, carry fix up patches to make linux-next build or
> boot.  If a tree is identified as causing such a problem, it will be
> dropped until the problem is fixed.
> 
> This is all open to discussion ...