Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-13 Thread Florian Weimer
* Marc Haber: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:25:37AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Marc Haber: >> > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:52:59PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: >> >> Cherrypicking makes little sense, because there are only cherries. :-) >> > >> > For my systems, I care about security holes be

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-11 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:25:37AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Marc Haber: > > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:52:59PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > >> Cherrypicking makes little sense, because there are only cherries. :-) > > > > For my systems, I care about security holes being fixed, but I do no

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-11 Thread Florian Weimer
* Marc Haber: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:52:59PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: >> Cherrypicking makes little sense, because there are only cherries. :-) > > For my systems, I care about security holes being fixed, but I do not > care about some obscure video hardware, or additional features. So >

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Andres Salomon
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 19:01:38 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > A few months ago, I asked on this list for more informative > description of patches enabling non-kernel hackers to choose > individual patchsets for their local kernels. Unfortunately, that > question was denied pretty fast. Looks l

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 03:56:48PM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:41:41 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:25:33PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >> Agreed. The package is not a repository for cherrypicking patches > >> but intended to used as a whole

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Andres Salomon
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:41:41 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:25:33PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >> Agreed. The package is not a repository for cherrypicking patches >> but intended to used as a whole thing. > > I am pretty disappointed about that attitude towards your u

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:52:59PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Cherrypicking makes little sense, because there are only cherries. :-) For my systems, I care about security holes being fixed, but I do not care about some obscure video hardware, or additional features. So "Cherry" is relative. Gr

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:25:33PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Agreed. The package is not a repository for cherrypicking patches > > but intended to used as a whole thing. > > I am pretty disappointed about that attitude towards your users. What > exactly is the problem

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Marc Haber wrote: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 07:40:06PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > I think the effort to do so is better invested elsewhere. As a > > general rule, the kernel team strives to keep the debian-specific > > patches to a minimum. For people without in-depth kernel knowledge > > it's

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 07:36:47PM +, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:33:51PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > Actually, the kernel of my dreams is more near to the vanilla > > kernel.org kernel, so I'd like to be able to throw out patches that > > you need to apply because of yo

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:33:51PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > Actually, the kernel of my dreams is more near to the vanilla > kernel.org kernel, so I'd like to be able to throw out patches that > you need to apply because of your _much_ broader user base. > > otoh, I would like to run a 2.6.10 ker

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:25:33PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Agreed. The package is not a repository for cherrypicking patches > but intended to used as a whole thing. I am pretty disappointed about that attitude towards your users. What exactly is the problem with a little more docs to _a

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 07:40:06PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > I think the effort to do so is better invested elsewhere. As a > general rule, the kernel team strives to keep the debian-specific > patches to a minimum. For people without in-depth kernel knowledge > it's probably best to take the f

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 07:40:06PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > I think the effort to do so is better invested elsewhere. As a > general rule, the kernel team strives to keep the debian-specific > patches to a minimum. For people without in-depth kernel knowledge > it's probably best to take the f

Re: Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > A few months ago, I asked on this list for more informative > description of patches enabling non-kernel hackers to choose > individual patchsets for their local kernels. Unfortunately, that > question was denied pretty fast. Looks like you guys don't have time > to wri

Classification scheme for 2.6 kernel patches

2005-01-09 Thread Marc Haber
Hi, A few months ago, I asked on this list for more informative description of patches enabling non-kernel hackers to choose individual patchsets for their local kernels. Unfortunately, that question was denied pretty fast. Looks like you guys don't have time to write more extensive docs. cleanup