Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:36:13 -0400 (EDT) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: IEEE-1394 problem on init [ was Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc1 ] |
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Ben Collins wrote:
> > Yes, and I miss why that matters. Let me see if I can make the idea clear > > to you: > > 2.4.22-pre5 some code > > 2.4.22-pre5-bk1 fixes > > 2.4.22-pre5-bk2 more fixes > > 2.4.22-pre5-bk3 still more fixes > > 2.4.22-pre6 fixes to date plus major changes > > > > So when a maintainer got something major it wouldn't go into bk (the > > commercial software database) until a new -pre, while the -bk patches > > available for download would get the fixes only. > > What if a fix depends on a major-change-patch? What if a fix is itself a > major change?
Time for a -pre. That's a change management decision. Hopefully -pre would be somewhat closer spaced than has happened with 2.4.21.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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