Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759951AbYCURls (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:41:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753309AbYCURlk (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:41:40 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:39118 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753291AbYCURlj (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:41:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:41:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Adrian Bunk cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: what's with the "pre-releases" directory? In-Reply-To: <20080321173415.GB1434@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> Message-ID: References: <20080321173415.GB1434@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LFD 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1820 Lines: 54 On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 01:13:45PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > just curious about this: > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/pre-releases > > These were the -test kernels that preceeded 2.6.0. > > > given that it seems filled with really old 2.6.0 content, what's the > > value in it? just curious. > > just curious about this: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/Historic > > given that it seems filled with really old content, what's the > value in it? just curious. > > ;-) um ... i'm going to assume you were being facetious since i can certainly see the value in the very, very first "official" release of linux, while still not seeing the point in a directory labelled "pre-releases" which contains nothing but pre-2.6.0 patches that go back to 2003. on the other hand, that *would* make sense under the Historic directory. rday p.s. and while i'm whining, would it be possible to clear the obsolete "LATEST-IS" files out of: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing i have a script that grabs the latest rc tarball out of that directory, and it got confused by seeing more than one LATEST-IS file. not hard to work around but, still ... -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- 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/