From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:51:39 -0700
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Paul Menzel <pmen...@molgen.mpg.de> wrote: >> Dear David, >> >> >> On 06/01/17 18:19, David Miller wrote: >>> >>> Neither of us have anything to do with the 4.4 -stable series. We only >>> manage stable backport submissions for the most recent two releases. >> >> >> Thank you for the prompt response. Should the netdev FAQ be updated then to >> contain that information? > > +1 > > It is quite helpful to know which stable releases contain network fixes > which don't, especially for those who rely on stable releases, at least > we could do backport by ourselves when we know they are missing. The people who maintain the -stable releases older than the ones Greg KH are doing typically scan the ones that Greg applies and tries to integrate them into their -stable releases when appropriate. If someone wants to write an accurate description of that and how it works, and add it to the FAQ, sure.
