Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Some thoughts about stable kernel development | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Date | 12 Nov 2003 15:48:34 +0100 |
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Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> writes:
> > After 2.4.23-rcX becomes final 2.4.23, the 2.4.24-preX would become > > 2.4.24-rc1 and would be a base for 2.4.25-pre1. > > I really dont understand this "be a base for 2.4.25-pre1".
Is the same way as 2.4.24 will be - i.e. from a -pre kernel point of view, last -rc = final.
> I guess what you mean is you want a separate 2.4.24-pre tree accepting > "-pre" patches while 2.4.23-rc is "in stage" accepting critical bugfixes > only.
Yes. The advantage is simple - the maintainer has to evaluate the same set of patches once (no increase in work here) and the only additional thing (s)he must do is deciding which (-pre and -rc or only -rc) kernels does it go in. -- Krzysztof Halasa, B*FH - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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