Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 May 2005 15:19:31 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.12-rc3-mm1 |
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 06:53:40PM -0400, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > On Saturday 30 April 2005 18:36, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Ed Tomlinson wrote: > > > > > If we stick with git it might make sense not to include a linux-patch. cogito > > > is quite fast to export using a commit id. Suspect some bandwidth could be > > > saved if you just stated the commit id that you based the mm patch on. > > > > > > In case anyone is wondering how build this from a cogito/git db... Find the > > > cogito announcement on lkml install and update cogito. Then folliw the instructions > > > in the README and download the kernel's db. Next search lkml to find the commit id > > > of rc3 (a2755a80f40e5794ddc20e00f781af9d6320fafb) and verify you have it correct > > > with: > > > > > > cg-mkpatch a2755a80f40e5794ddc20e00f781af9d6320fafb > > > > > > then export a tree with > > > > > > cg-export ../12-3-1 a2755a80f40e5794ddc20e00f781af9d6320fafb > > > > > > and cd over to the new dir and patch with mm and have fun. > > > > That'd be a horribly convoluted procedure and make automation difficult, > > -mm shouldn't be that difficult to use. Also linus.patch used to be the > > current -bk snapshot. > > Huh? Assuming one already has a current git tree. Then all Andrew need do > is publish the commit id from Linus then the complicated procedure becomes >... > With bk there was an acceptable excuse not to use it. With git, aside from bandwidth > concerns (maybe mercurial can solve this), I do not see any good reason not to use it.
The reasons why I for one do not plan to use git are:
- disk space - bandwidth (rsync traffic has to go through our masquerader, and the amount of traffic through the masquerader I'm allowed to generate is limited) - I do not need Linus' tree for anything. I'm working against -mm because it's further in development.
Having said this, Andrew might perhaps be able to _additionally_ provide -mm patches without linus.patch for the convenience of git users.
> Ed Tomlinson
cu Adrian
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