Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 26 May 2001 00:05:39 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Why there are two different kernel trees? There is always the official > release, provided by Torvalds, and then Alan provides a patch merging Linus's > stuff, and adding (?) tons of bug fixes.
Well it started by accident but it turns out good to have a tree that changes are merged into, tested by those who need the fixes and reviewed by third parties before they go to Linus.
So the -ac tree is kind of a peer review, testing and distillation process for patches.
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