Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:54:03 -0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Avuton Olrich <avuton@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development - take 2
Message-ID: <20051115215403.GA12116@suse.de>
References: <20051115210459.GA11363@kroah.com> <3aa654a40511151352h5771060ekf1781b9d59b26b26@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 01:52:46PM -0800, Avuton Olrich wrote:
> On 11/15/05, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> 
> >  - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and now is possible to push only
> >   patches that do not include new functionalities that could affect the
> >    stability of the whole kernel.  Please note that a whole new driver (or
> 
> (functionalities is not a word, this maybe better)
> 
> - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and it is only possible to
> push patches which don't offer new features, or could affect the
> stability of the kernel.
> 
> > 2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree
> > ---------------------------
> > Kernels with 4 digit versions are -stable kernels. They contain
> > relativly small and critical fixes for security problems or significant
> > regressions discovered in a given 2.6.x kernel.
> 
> relatively

Nice, thanks for finding these, I've fixed them up.

greg k-h
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