Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 May 2008 15:04:43 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: linux-next: the purge :-) |
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On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:27:15AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:27:53PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:21:30AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > Greg, you might consider setting up a subset (currently probably > > > empty) of the ldp tree for drivers that are readier for integration. > > > > Ok, fair enough, I totally understand. > > > > I've now moved my trees around a bit, and would like it if you could > > include the following, in this order (the # NEXT_BASE variable is set in > > them to make sure things get ordered properly.) > > driver-core.next > > usb.next > > driver-core > > usb > > ldp.next > > > > The ".next" trees are what is going to Linus before the next major > > release happens (bugfixes and new device ids at this point in time for > > example.) The other trees are what is going to go to Linus after the > > next major kernel is out. > >... > > So the "next" in your .next has the opposite meaning of the one in > linux-next?
It does? I was following the convention that people used for their git tree branch names I thought.
> Can you name it .fixes instead to make it clearer?
I can name it anything that Stephen wants me to, I'll defer to him as he is the only one that will ever really see this.
thanks,
greg k-h
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