Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965291AbWADWbY (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:31:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965292AbWADWbY (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:31:24 -0500 Received: from c-24-22-115-24.hsd1.or.comcast.net ([24.22.115.24]:43442 "EHLO aria.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965291AbWADWbN (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:31:13 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 14:31:01 -0800 From: Greg KH To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Nick Warne , Alistair John Strachan , Jesper Juhl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, webmaster@kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.14.5 to 2.6.15 patch Message-ID: <20060104223101.GB13799@kroah.com> References: <200601041710.37648.nick@linicks.net> <200601042010.36208.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <20060104220157.GB12778@kroah.com> <200601042210.47152.nick@linicks.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1612 Lines: 43 On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 02:16:37PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Nick Warne wrote: > > > On Wednesday 04 January 2006 22:01, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > > > Nick's right, both are provided automatically by kernel.org. > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I started from scratch - 2.6.14, patched to 2.6.15 and then > > > > > make oldconfig etc. > > > > > > > > > > I think there needs to be a way out of this that is easily discernible > > > > > - it does get confusing sometimes with all the patches flying around on > > > > > a 'stable release'. > > > > > > > > It's documented in the kernel. > > > > > > > > There's something in the kernel.org FAQ there about -rc kernels, but it > > > > might be better to generalise this for stable releases. Added hpa to CC. > > > > > > What do you mean, "generalize" this? Where else could we document it > > > better? > > > > The issue I hit was we have a 'latest stable kernel release 2.6.14.5' and > > under it a 'the latest stable kernel' (or words to that effect) on > > kernel.org. > > > > Then when 2.6.15 came out, that was it! No patch for the 'latest stable > > kernel release 2.6.14.5'. It was GONE! > > Yes, I brought this up a couple of weeks ago, but I was told > that I was wrong (in some such words). > I agree that it needs to be fixed. How would you suggest that it be fixed? thanks, 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/