Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:52:46 -0800 | From | Avuton Olrich <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development - take 2 |
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On 11/15/05, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and now is possible to push only > patches that do not include new functionalities that could affect the > stability of the whole kernel. Please note that a whole new driver (or
(functionalities is not a word, this maybe better)
- After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and it is only possible to push patches which don't offer new features, or could affect the stability of the kernel.
> 2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree > --------------------------- > Kernels with 4 digit versions are -stable kernels. They contain > relativly small and critical fixes for security problems or significant > regressions discovered in a given 2.6.x kernel.
relatively
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