Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932136AbVKOWJX (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:09:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932143AbVKOWJW (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:09:22 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:65178 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932136AbVKOWJW (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:09:22 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:54:03 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Avuton Olrich 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3aa654a40511151352h5771060ekf1781b9d59b26b26@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1162 Lines: 29 On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 01:52:46PM -0800, Avuton Olrich wrote: > On 11/15/05, Greg KH 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 - 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/