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Documentation: process: Also mention Sasha Levin as stable tree maintainer 

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Sasha has also maintaining stable branch in conjunction with Greg
since cb5d21946d ("MAINTAINERS: Add Sasha as a stable branch
maintainer"). Mention him in 2.Process.rst.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20251022034336.22839-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ kernels go out with a handful of known regressions though, hopefully, none
of them are serious. of them are serious.
Once a stable release is made, its ongoing maintenance is passed off to the Once a stable release is made, its ongoing maintenance is passed off to the
"stable team," currently Greg Kroah-Hartman. The stable team will release "stable team," currently consists of Greg Kroah-Hartman and Sasha Levin. The
occasional updates to the stable release using the 5.x.y numbering scheme. stable team will release occasional updates to the stable release using the
5.x.y numbering scheme.
To be considered for an update release, a patch must (1) fix a significant To be considered for an update release, a patch must (1) fix a significant
bug, and (2) already be merged into the mainline for the next development bug, and (2) already be merged into the mainline for the next development
kernel. Kernels will typically receive stable updates for a little more kernel. Kernels will typically receive stable updates for a little more