2/ @kees replied to the "linus-next" proposal from Sasha and raised a few points I fully agree with, as that proposal felt a bit off for me.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/792F4759-EA33-48B8-9AD0-FA14FA69E86E@kernel.org/
"'Are people putting things in linux-next that they don't expect to send to Linus? That seems like the greater problem.
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Why not just use linux-next? […]
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