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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:40:36 +0100 (MET)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
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Subject: Re: BK Kernel Hacking HOWTO
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > So in case he wants a few csets only, I have to redo my for-Him-to-pull-tree.
> > In which case I don't see any advantages compared to emailing a patch with
> > changeset- and file-specific comments. Especially since setting up a
> > for-Him-to-pull-tree requires setting up a publically accessible BK server.
> 
> You can set up a publically accessible tree here, if you need one, 
> see the Hosting link on our website.  You can make your tree publically
> accessible in multiple ways, with varying levels of security, see
> "bk help bkd".

OK.

> The advantage of allowing him to pull is that you won't have the same data
> in your BK tree twice, which you would have if you sent him diffs and then
> pulled the diffs from him.  This is ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT if you have renames
> (and creates/deletes are a sort of rename) in your patch.

Yes, that's true.

> If the situation is that you've created a scratch tree, specifically for
> sending stuff to Linus and you aren't going to use it for anything else
> or build on it, then you can send him regular diffs, and toss the tree
> once you know he accepted them.

I guess in most cases we (the m68k boys, who got their CVS tree only a few
months ago ;-)) will end up using this `plan B' anyway...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

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