Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:32:06 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@bombadil.infradead.org>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
       alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
       netdev@vger.kernel.org, tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] Documentation: add documentation for rc-series and merge
	window
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 05:47:35PM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> From: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: add documentation summary for rc-series and merge window
> 
> This is losely based on previous discussions on linux-kernel [1][2].
> Lets also refer people reading the stable rules to
> Documentation/development-process/.
> 
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122048427801324&w=2
> [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122048757705315&w=2
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/development-process/2.Process |   66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt       |    5 ++
>  2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process
> index d750321..e023db6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process
> +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process

You should cc: the author of this document, when modifying it.

> @@ -7,6 +7,72 @@ course of one year, the kernel has since had to evolve a number of
>  processes to keep development happening smoothly.  A solid understanding of
>  how the process works is required in order to be an effective part of it.
>  
> +2.0 SUMMARY
> +
> +This section provides a brief summary of the new kernel release rules.
> +
> +2.0.0 NEW KERNEL RELEASE RULES

"New"?  We've been doing this for many many years now, what is "new"
about it?

And why are you starting a series with "0"?  Just to keep from having to
modify all of the other numbers?  None of the other files in this
directory start at 0...

thanks,

greg k-h
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