On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:02:26 -0600 Eric Blake <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/29/2013 10:33 AM, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > > >>> > >>> Strange, it appears on your pull request... But anyway, your series > >>> made it into 1.6.0, so I think we'll need the missing patch in 1.6.1 too? > >> > >> There's no user in 1.6 (or would we have a build failure) because I > >> didn't merge blockdev-add, so I guess it doesn't matter. > > > > I won't say it's a huge deal, but any downstreamers basing on 1.6 will > > have a hard time if they backport blockdev-add or any future command > > that my depend on this. > > Any downstreamers that plans to backport blockdev-add would also > backport this as part of their efforts. I don't see that as any > different from any other backport effort that includes requiring > multiple non-contiguous pre-req patches. Backport work can be hard. I'd praise people for making it easier for me and would curse people for making it harder for no reason. > We don't need it on the 1.6 > stable tree, and downstream is no worse for the wear. Why is the feature there in the first place then?
