After being burnt a few times in forgetting something that I should
have done when releasing a patch against the kernel, I've created a
Kernel Patch Release Checklist at
http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/PatchReleaseChecklist
If you want to you can add new stuff I haven't thought of to this
list: but you need to register on the Wiki to do so.
--
Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
You are lost in a maze of BitKeeper repositories, all slightly different.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 09:01:02PM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote:
>
> After being burnt a few times in forgetting something that I should
> have done when releasing a patch against the kernel, I've created a
> Kernel Patch Release Checklist at
>
> http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/PatchReleaseChecklist
Good idea. I think this should go into the Documentation directory.
I would personnaly add :
- "1.4.3 have you described side-effects you're aware of, or incompatibilities
or breakage of other patches ?"
- "1.5.2. Have you checked that your patch still applies without fuzz on latest
dev kernel ?" (which is not implied nor excused by 1.4.2).
Cheers,
Willy
>>>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:01:02 +1000, Peter Chubb <[email protected]> said:
Peter> After being burnt a few times in forgetting something that I
Peter> should have done when releasing a patch against the kernel,
Peter> I've created a Kernel Patch Release Checklist at
Peter> http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/IA64wiki/PatchReleaseChecklist
Peter> If you want to you can add new stuff I haven't thought of to
Peter> this list: but you need to register on the Wiki to do so.
Good stuff!
You might also want to mention that the patch should apply with "patch
-p1".
--david