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Change all 4.x references to 5.x now. Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu --- Documentation/process/howto.rst | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index f16242b..19001e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -235,16 +235,16 @@ Linux kernel development process currently consists of a few different main kernel "branches" and lots of different subsystem-specific kernel branches. These different branches are: - - main 4.x kernel tree - - 4.x.y -stable kernel tree + - main 5.x kernel tree + - 5.x.y -stable kernel tree - subsystem specific kernel trees and patches - - the 4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests + - the 5.x -next kernel tree for integration tests -4.x kernel tree +5.x kernel tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -4.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on -https://kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ directory. Its development +5.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on +https://kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ directory. Its development process is as follows: - As soon as a new kernel is released a two weeks window is open, @@ -277,21 +277,21 @@ mailing list about kernel releases: released according to perceived bug status, not according to a preconceived timeline."* -4.x.y -stable kernel tree +5.x.y -stable kernel tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kernels with 3-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant -regressions discovered in a given 4.x kernel. +regressions discovered in a given 5.x kernel. This is the recommended branch for users who want the most recent stable kernel and are not interested in helping test development/experimental versions. -If no 4.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 4.x +If no 5.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 5.x kernel is the current stable kernel. -4.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team , and +5.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team , and are released as needs dictate. The normal release period is approximately two weeks, but it can be longer if there are no pressing problems. A security-related problem, instead, can cause a release to happen almost @@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ revisions to it, and maintainers can mark patches as under review, accepted, or rejected. Most of these patchwork sites are listed at https://patchwork.kernel.org/. -4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests +5.x -next kernel tree for integration tests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 4.x +Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 5.x tree, they need to be integration-tested. For this purpose, a special testing repository exists into which virtually all subsystem trees are pulled on an almost daily basis: -- 2.7.4