Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751766AbWBEP6N (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:58:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751779AbWBEP6M (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:58:12 -0500 Received: from dvhart.com ([64.146.134.43]:8599 "EHLO dvhart.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751766AbWBEP6K (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Feb 2006 10:58:10 -0500 Message-ID: <43E6208A.3040807@mbligh.org> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:58:02 -0800 From: "Martin J. Bligh" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marc Koschewski Cc: Paul Jackson , dtor_core@ameritech.net, rlrevell@joe-job.com, 76306.1226@compuserve.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net Subject: Re: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels References: <200602021502_MC3-1-B772-547@compuserve.com> <1138913633.15691.109.camel@mindpipe> <20060203100703.GA5691@stiffy.osknowledge.org> <20060204083752.a5c5b058.mbligh@mbligh.org> <20060204185646.f8e4e53e.pj@sgi.com> <20060205085833.GB5663@stiffy.osknowledge.org> In-Reply-To: <20060205085833.GB5663@stiffy.osknowledge.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1350 Lines: 33 Marc Koschewski wrote: > * Paul Jackson [2006-02-04 18:56:46 -0800]: > > >>Do we need a place to put hotfix patches, or do we just need a list of >>links to lkml postings to said patches. Such a list has the advantage >>of pointing into the discussion surrounding each such fix, and such a >>list has the advantage of not holding so much redundant data (these >>patches will be redundant with what was posted on lkml). Redundant >>data out of context goes stale, and is less valuable. >> >>I can imagine someone (not me ;) keeping a wiki web page, listing for >>each *-mm and Linus release the particular lkml patch postings that one >>needs to pick off to get a build and boot. >> >>Just brainstorming ... > > > That would just come closer to a repositories check-in description. I vote for > such a thing. If it is a wiki or not. Why have a list of pointers to go fishing for things out of an email archive, rather than just dump the patchs straight into a directory? Seeing as Andrew seems to have already created a subdir to do this, the point seems somewhat moot by now ;-) M. - 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/