Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:21:36 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.11.2 |
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Matt Mackall wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 12:39:23AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > >>And to further test this whole -stable system, I've released 2.6.11.2. >>It contains one patch, which is already in the -bk tree, and came from >>the security team (hence the lack of the longer review cycle). >> >>It's available now in the normal kernel.org places: >> kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.11.2.gz >>which is a patch against the 2.6.11.1 release. > > > Argh! @*#$&!!&!
I have to Argh this also (with Matt).
>>If consensus arrives >>that this patch should be against the 2.6.11 tree, it will be done that >>way in the future.
It would be much easier on users/testers to have to apply only one patch to base (2.6.11 e.g.) to get to 2.6.x.y (2.6.11.3 e.g.). One Patch File. Not three.
> Consensus arrived back when 2.6.8.1 came out. > > Please, folks, there are automated tools that "know" about kernel > release numbering and so on. Said tools broke with 2.6.11.1 because it > wasn't in the same place that 2.6.8.1 was and now this breaks with all > precedent by being an interdiff along a branch. > > Fixing it in the future is too #*$%* late because you've now turned it > into a special case.
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