Messages in this thread | | | From | Jared Mauch <> | Subject | Re: naive question: kernel CVS repository | Date | Wed, 28 May 1997 05:08:35 -0400 (EDT) |
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I'm not certain that this would be a good idea.. too many folks without a clue would probally end up getting access to the developers private hacks, etc.. that it would be more of a support nightmare.
For the truly bleeding edge folks, perhaps an automagical linux-YYMMDD.tar.gz could end up someplace, but this would be subject to the same problems.
Someone was (awhile back) reading the kernel->kernel patches and posting what got changed in the release versions.. I don't recall seeing that in awhile, so I'll start doing it and posting to linux-kernel each time a new kernel is released. (Hell, i may even set it up so my pager goes off within 10-20 mins of a new kernel so that I can post the change summary asap).
- Jared
Alexander L. Belikoff boldly claimed: > > Hello everybody, > > I just have a naive question (no pun intended, no flame war > required). Why don't us establish an "official" CVS repository for the > kernel. This will allow people getting the updates automatically on a > regular basis without having to fiddle with the whole kernel .tar.gz > as well as with the patches (you know, sometimes you just cannot apply > them cleanly, especially if you have 5-10 of them). > > Also, it would allow people apply only important patches. For example, > if I am waiting impatiently for a Sony CDU31 driver improvement, I can > just issue 'cvs diff' for this file only and check, whether something > has been changed, instead of downloading every single patch and > browsing through it. > > This strategy has been used by the FreeBSD community for ages (please, > don't kick!!!) and IMHO, seems to be a very advanced and easy to > use. After all there is no bad in borrowing the best features of > others' systems. > > Regards, > > -- > -Alexander > > ============================================================================== > Alexander L. Belikoff belikoff@netvision.net.il > Berger Financial Research Ltd. > ============================================================================= >
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