docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention that regressions must be prevented
authorThorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Sat, 5 Aug 2023 07:21:33 +0000 (09:21 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 12 Aug 2023 11:03:28 +0000 (13:03 +0200)
commitbbaee49cce7c815d1bd6d95b6020b5fe33ba561a
treef38deb3cf0561de9edca09049597a321d170e670
parent6e160d29f6549a1b05c7ba4add49526e50f23335
docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention that regressions must be prevented

Document that changes intended for a specific stable series have to be
in all newer series still maintained, as otherwise users would run into
regressions.

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ddb5cb0d6b7aa4ef31642cd9657a0fb53d79cddb.1691219455.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst