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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-11-16 23:06:14 -0800 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-11-16 23:06:14 -0800 |
| commit | 69cf9beeb0bebac0dc54964c52b5ad6265de0c1b (patch) | |
| tree | 3ee9aaf4b19eef622a504571c52fd05c7fc88a43 /HOWTO | |
| parent | e553476dfd14d8bd0579ea9b2d6083a3d4a0f52f (diff) | |
| download | patches-69cf9beeb0bebac0dc54964c52b5ad6265de0c1b.tar.gz | |
Junio Hamano's HOWTO comments
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@@ -226,8 +226,9 @@ process is as follows: during this period of time maintainers can submit big diffs to Linus, usually the patches that have already been included in the -mm kernel for a few weeks. The preferred way to submit big changes - is using git (more information about git can be found at - http://git.or.cz/) but plain patches are also just fine. + is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information + can be found at http://git.or.cz/) but plain patches are also just + fine. - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push only patches that do not include new features that could affect the stability of the whole kernel. Please note that a whole new driver @@ -237,10 +238,9 @@ process is as follows: is being added. git can be used to send patches to Linus after -rc1 is released, but the patches need to also be sent to a public mailing list for review. - - A new -rc is released whenever Linus deems the current git (the - kernel's source management) tree to be in a reasonably sane state - adequate for testing. The goal is to release a new -rc kernel every - week. + - A new -rc is released whenever Linus deems the current git tree to + be in a reasonably sane state adequate for testing. The goal is to + release a new -rc kernel every week. - Process continues until the kernel is considered "ready", the process should last around 6 weeks. @@ -604,8 +604,8 @@ Huizenga for some of the list of things you should and should not say. Also thanks to Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Randy Dunlap, Kay Sievers, Vojtech Pavlik, Jan Kara, Josh Boyer, Kees Cook, Andrew Morton, Andi Kleen, Vadim Lobanov, Jesper Juhl, Adrian Bunk, Keri Harris, Frans Pop, -David A. Wheeler, and Alex Shepard for their review and comments on -early drafts of this document. +David A. Wheeler, Junio Hamano, and Alex Shepard for their review and +comments on early drafts of this document. |