Re: [Xen-devel] Commit moratorium

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> 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.

Jan


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