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[Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Mark McLoughlin (markmc@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 13:58 -0400, James E. Blair wrote:
> > Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > Anyone can propose a cherry-pick to the maintainers. This helps ensure
> > > that the maintainers don't miss anything. To catch the maintainers
> > > attention, simply add
> > >
> > >  Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > Are you planning on grepping commit logs for that, or are you asking
> > people to email that address?
> 
> Yeah, it's just a marker to grep for.
> 
> Having a stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxx alias might be no harm, though.

It's been invaluable for the kernel.  Having the marker in the commit
log allows for automated propagation.  When the commit hits upstream,
email lands in the stable inbox.  Not having the mail alias isn't as big
a deal as not having the marker in the commit log, though.

Looks promising Mark.

thanks,
-chris