Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263985AbTKJQyR (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:54:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263986AbTKJQyR (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:54:17 -0500 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:26073 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263985AbTKJQyP (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:54:15 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:54:06 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Marcelo Tosatti , Alan Cox , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Some thoughts about stable kernel development Message-ID: <20031110165406.GM22185@fs.tum.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1442 Lines: 45 On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 07:41:02PM +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Hi, Hi Krzysztof, >... > Here is what I propose: > As all of you know, the development cycle can be shortened by using > two separate trees for a stable kernel line. > > Say, we're now at 2.4.23-rc1 stage. This "rc" kernel would also be > known as 2.4.24-pre1. The maintainer would apply "rc"-class fixes to > both kernels, and other patches (which can't go to "rc" kernel) would > be applied to 2.4.24-pre1 only. >... > Comments? I don't like this idea for the following reason: A -rc kernel of a stable series needs maximum testing to avoid any regressions compared to the previous stable kernel. If you start a new -pre series at the time of an -rc series many people will use the new -pre instead of the latest -rc decreasing the number of people testing this -rc and therefore increasing the risk of problems in the final kernel. > Krzysztof Halasa, B*FH cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/