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Share the project directory or a patch?

DISCUSSION Freeman Zhang 2 participants 2 messages Oct 16, 2014

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Hi list,

I'm building a kernel module (a stackable file system) with some userspace tools, and I'd like to share them. I don't know if I should share it in the form of patch or just as a pack of source codes. Under which circumstances do I need to make a patch?

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Quoted 7 lines · Freeman Zhang

Hi list,

I'm building a kernel module (a stackable file system) with some userspace tools, and I'd like to share them. I don't know if I should share it in the form of patch or just as a pack of source codes. Under which circumstances do I need to make a patch?

Patch(es) please, I know I am very wary of attachments in emails from developers I do not know.

You can also provide URLs to git trees or locations where you have the userspace tools publicly posted. If patches and userspace tools are fairly large, it may be worth setting up a git tree on github (which is free) and post a link to your source on github. That may be the easiest for large projects.