Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:44:16 +0800 | From | Harry Wei <> | Subject | Re: [RFC]A question about kernel's development |
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:51:48PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:33:14AM +0800, Harry Wei wrote: > > Hi us, > > I wanna know our kernel's development > > procedure for details. I just realize > > when we get a stable release, we must > > merge trementous patches into kernel. > > I often watch -rc kernels, -git kernels, > > , -mm kernels and know their promulgators. > > But i don't know their relationships and > > sequences for shaping stable ones. > > Well, a quick answer is that when we fix a bug, we tag it with > Cc: stable@kernel.org > > Then when it is applied to Linus's tree, Greg then can choose to pull it > into the stable branch. Yeah, it is true. > > I also believe that Greg spends lots of lonely nights looking into git > commits, drinking his favorite Latte and cursing at all the git patches > that fix a bug that didn't have a Cc: stable tag attached. He use to > have a huge mane of hair on his head before taking over as stable > maintainer ;) Hmmm, so we should learn all the details, which can ease maintainers' burden. Steven, thanks for your help.
Thanks. Best Regards. Harry Wei. > > -- Steve > > > Okay, now we want to develop 2.6.38 > > to 2.6.39. How many specific steps should we > > do? In fact, i recognize some. But i want to > > understand all the concrete procedures. Could > > anyone help me, thanks in advance. > -- > 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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