On Wed, 02 Sep 2026, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 2 Sep 2026 08:21:41 -0400 > Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There's even been times that I *removed* a Cc to stable because I did not > > think it was worth the backport. Of course, I still keep the Fixes tag, > > which means it will likely be backported anyway. But that's up to the > > stable maintainers to decide ;-)
Pretty sure this isn't the case anymore. RIP AUTOSEL. > The big difference between a commit with the Fixes tag and a Cc to stable > verses one with the Fixes tag without the Cc stable, is that the one with > Cc stable will give me a "FAILED" message if it fails to apply. One with > just the Fixes tag and no Cc stable, will not generate that message to me > if it doesn't apply back to the version with the Fixes commit sha. So what happens when you receive the FAILED message? And why are you interested to know how far back a fix can be backported? Personally, I'm _very_ interested in a _small_ number of patches, but none of which usually emanate from subsystems I maintain. > I do like to know what I marked as stable and fails to apply. Unfortunately > I don't have the time to go fix them. But I keep them in a mail folder in > case I need to do it one day. We have have such wonderful aspirations. Maybe we can get around to those jobs when AI starts doing our jobs for us! =;-) -- Lee Jones
