On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:54:02PM -0700, David Brownell wrote: > On Wednesday 06 April 2005 2:26 pm, Greg KH wrote: > > > I'm thinking of doing something like the following: > > > > - provide raw quilt directory of patches (like the directory > > above has in it.) > > - nightly provide a patch against the latest kernel tree for the > > different projects I keep track of (usb, i2c, pci, driver > > core, everything-and-the-kitchen-sink, etc.) This patch will > > be made by applying a subset of the above patches (delineated > > by proejct type), and will probably be what ends up in the -mm > > releases. > > > > Sound good to start with? > > Sounds like a plan. Though what will the "latest kernel tree" be? > These answers are needed all up the stack ... and for all the arch > trees too. No more "2.6.X-rcY-bkZ" snapshots, for example.
We will get something like -bk snapshots back, don't know what they will look like just yet... > For now I suppose "latest" can mean "2.6.12-rc2", at least for USB. Yes, that's what I'm using. > I'm going to have to figure out what to do with the various patches > that for whatever reason don't seem "ready for mainline". One of > several nice things about BK is that it's easy to push things to > some bkbits.net address, so anyone can get them. A new scheme will > be needed; or maybe more folk will use the sf.net patch databases. osdl has some sort of patch management system, but last I looked, it didn't work all that well. > All those random BK trees will either get pushed towards mainline, > abandoned, or in some cases turned into even more layered patchsets. Yeah, I dumped everything I had in bk out into individual patches, wasn't all that hard. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
