Re: [Xen-devel] Commit moratorium

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 06:08:18AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 04.09.15 at 13:52, <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 01:44:24AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> >>> On 03.09.15 at 18:25, <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Xen tree is going to branch at 4.6 RC3. I don't want to branch when
> >> > master != staging, so please avoid committing new patches to staging now
> >> > to let master catch up with staging. Another announcement will be made
> >> > when the moratorium is lifted.
> >> 
> >> Hmm, I think you will want to wait for a fix for the ARM64 regression
> >> Julien reported before cutting RC3.
> >> 
> > 
> > That was reported after I made this announcement.
> > 
> > Judging from the conversation in that thread we already have an idea
> > what was broken.  Is the fix going to be complex? 
> 
> You may have seen the tentative patch meanwhile - it's a one liner.
> 
> > I think we can make the decision whether to wait for it based on it's
> > complexity.
> > 
> > If we're sure it's not going to be too invasive, it doesn't matter if
> > it's committed before or after branching because the cost of applying
> > that to two trees would be minimum. Another thing I consider is that we
> > want OSSTest to have a push over the weekend. With both considerations
> > in mind, it would be OK if a simple patch gets committed today.
> 
> My concern is not about the need for backporting, but about the
> usefulness (on ARM64) of an RC3 without that fix.
> 

I will certainly mention that fix in my email.

But this point is moot since I said in the other email I was happy with
that one-liner applied today.

Wei.

> Jan

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