Re: patch "maple: make maple_bus_type static and const" added to char-misc-testing

On Fri, 2024-01-05 at 10:13 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Everybody goes on holidays, once in a while.
> 
> But, you are unhappy about Linus Torvalds announcing during your
> holidays that there would be an extra rc, postponing the merge window
> by one week? And without this postponing you would have missed the
> merge window for sure, so this delay is actually beneficial to you?

No, I'm unhappy about the work being taken away from me just because I
went on vacation. I'm still practicing all this being relatively new
to the kernel work, after all.

> The merge window is the period when Linus Torvalds merges new
> developments for the next kernel release.
> The merge window is not the period when maintainers review and collect
> new developments for the next kernel release.

I have done some reviews during the merge window before. It's not like the
merge window is just open for one day. I know it's not how it's supposed
to be, but I am also not sending huge pull requests, so it isn't really
an issue at the moment.

> If you are on holidays just before or during the merge window, you
> should prepare your branches, and send pull requests, before the merge
> window opens.  Several maintainers have already sent pull requests
> (the first arrived almost 2 weeks ago).

I am not getting paid for doing kernel stuff. I am doing this completely in
my free time, on top of all the time and effort I am investing in Debian to
still provide a distribution for older architectures. And, naturally, my
primary job has priority over what I do for the kernel.

Thus, I cannot always plan my kernel work with the upstream schedule.

Adrian

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