* Bill Davidsen ([email protected]) wrote:
> Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> >The only thing to be careful of is that -stable fixes (or complete
> >reworks) get merged with mainline, so the trees don't go out of sync. So
> >far this seems to have been OK.
> >
> As I recall these patches may or may not go into mainline. The next full
> release may address the problem in a whole new way.
As a general rule, we do our best to keep in sync. Typically they go
to mainline first. A few security patches may bypass that and go in
parallel. And, of course, anything that's since been redone in mainline
to the point that the patch is not relevant will only live in -stable.
thanks,
-chris
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