Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:00:37 -0400 | From | David Ford <> | Subject | Re: The latest -ac patch to the stable Linux kernels |
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Well, shortly put, the -ac tree is much more -pre than the -pre patches are. Using -ac patches is jumping ahead of the -pre patches normally.
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Adam McKenna wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 07:37:03PM -0400, David Ford wrote: > >>Not at all. >> >>Alan's most recent patch is in line with the 2.4.19 series of patches, >>these are pre patches to the upcoming 2.4.19. >> > >Right, but (as far as I know) 2.4.19-pre6 is not considered the "stable linux >kernel", is it? So how could 2.4.19-pre5-ac3 be the latest -ac patch to the >stable linux kernel? It's more like "the latest -ac patch to the latest >prepatch for the stable linux kernel". > >What I'm really complaining about is that for people who don't like to use >-pre kernels (like me), finger@finger.kernel.org is useless for finding out >what the latest -ac patch is to a non-pre kernel. >
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