Lucid request pull, SRU LP551234

[Stefan Bader]

On 06/02/2010 05:10 PM, Peter M. Petrakis wrote:
> On 06/02/2010 10:21 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
>> On 05/26/2010 01:44 AM, Tim Gardner wrote:
>>> The following changes since commit f0819aaf4948e34a44d9d685615ddee74271cd70:
>>>    Chase Douglas (1):
>>>          UBUNTU: enforce CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
>>>
>>> are available in the git repository at:
>>>
>>>    git://kernel.ubuntu.com/rtg/ubuntu-lucid.git lp551234
>>
>> Subject: [PATCH] (pre-stable) Input: psmouse - reset all types of mice before
>> reconnecting
>>
>> Tim, Peter.
>>
>> Tim submitted that patch as pre-stable but I have not seen this showing up on
>> upstream queues. Has this been forwarded to stable at kernel.org?
> 
> It has not. After reading the requirements for stable inclusion here.
> 
> http://linux.tar.bz/articles/2.6-development_process
> 
> It doesn't seem to fit their criteria, e.g. this isn't a critical bug for
> them.

Looking at other changes that get in, I don't see "critical" as a requirement.
Given that it allows a reasonable number of people to have a problem fixed, it
is upstream and is small enough, I would at least try. If unsure, as Dmitry
about his feeling.

>> I will pull it into next update for Lucid but I would also like to see this
>> getting fed back upstream.
> 
> Well it was pulled into Linus' tree so we can expect it in the next major
> release. Right?
> 
> Peter
>> -Stefan
>>
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