Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions
Well, I got off linux-kernel while 2.0.3x was still current, and didn't return until a few months ago. Apparently the definitions have changed over the past few years.
On another subject, is all this new "testXX-preYY" stuff over now that 2.4.0 is out, and will we be going back to the standard x.y.z numbering scheme? Or is this another thing that's changed for good? I really miss being able to apply all the patches at once with linux/scripts/patchkernel.
Wayne
Alan Cox <[email protected]> on 01/05/2001 11:15:36 AM
To: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec@Altec
cc: [email protected] (Daniel Phillips),
[email protected] (Mark Hahn), [email protected]
Subject: Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions
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In other words, there's no longer any such thing as a "stable" branch. The whole point of having separate production and development branches was to have one in which each succeeding patch could be counted upon to be more reliable
By your personal definition of stable 2.0.3x is the current stable kernel.
Alan
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To: Alan Cox <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Change of policy for future 2.2 driver submissions
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On another subject, is all this new "testXX-preYY" stuff over now that
2.4.0 is
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out, and will we be going back to the standard x.y.z numbering scheme? Or
is
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this another thing that's changed for good? I really miss being able to
apply
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all the patches at once with linux/scripts/patchkernel.
Wayne
Wayne,
The versions of patch-kernel included in 2.3/2.4 support extra version information, so patches from Linus and others (i.e. Alan Cox) can be applied if proper information is placed in the kernel Makefile.
Matthew D. Pitts
[email protected]
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