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Re: [3.3/3.4/head] fix 14535
Michael Matz <matz@suse.de> writes:
| Hi,
I agree a coordination is desirable, but:
| > I don't think so. The fix (which is a regression fix) is not going to
| > be present in 3.3.3 since it is already out. It is going to be 3.3.4
| > which will go out long after 3.4.0 is released. And since it will be
| > included in 3.4.1 or 3.4.0,
|
| This is exactly what Gerald is talking about. It's not yet approved for
| 3.4 branch only for 3.3 (and it's in mainline, so will be in 3.5), so we
| can't be sure about this. The _current_ state is that 3.3.4 and 3.5 have
| it fixed, but 3.4.0 doesn't.
The bug being fixed is already a regression. So the question is only
how far or close you move the regression point. I don't think
applying the patch itself introduces a regression.
We ought to be careful not about use of "regression".
-- Gaby