Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757326Ab0KJWn1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:43:27 -0500 Received: from xenotime.net ([72.52.115.56]:47238 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757198Ab0KJWnZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:43:25 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:53:50 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andres Salomon Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Documentation/development-process: use -next trees instead of staging Message-ID: <12894188303619@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <1289418830794@xenotime.net> X-Mailer: gregkh_patchbomb Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2770 Lines: 59 From: Andres Salomon This is confusing, as we have "staging" trees for drivers/staging. Call them -next trees. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8.orig/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The stages that a patch goes through are inclusion, it should be accepted by a relevant subsystem maintainer - though this acceptance is not a guarantee that the patch will make it all the way to the mainline. The patch will show up in the maintainer's - subsystem tree and into the staging trees (described below). When the + subsystem tree and into the -next trees (described below). When the process works, this step leads to more extensive review of the patch and the discovery of any problems resulting from the integration of this patch with work being done by others. @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ finding the right maintainer. Sending p normally the right way to go. -2.4: STAGING TREES +2.4: NEXT TREES The chain of subsystem trees guides the flow of patches into the kernel, but it also raises an interesting question: what if somebody wants to look @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ changes land in the mainline kernel. On the interesting subsystem trees, but that would be a big and error-prone job. -The answer comes in the form of staging trees, where subsystem trees are +The answer comes in the form of -next trees, where subsystem trees are collected for testing and review. The older of these trees, maintained by Andrew Morton, is called "-mm" (for memory management, which is how it got started). The -mm tree integrates patches from a long list of subsystem @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ directory at: Use of the MMOTM tree is likely to be a frustrating experience, though; there is a definite chance that it will not even compile. -The other staging tree, started more recently, is linux-next, maintained by +The other -next tree, started more recently, is linux-next, maintained by Stephen Rothwell. The linux-next tree is, by design, a snapshot of what the mainline is expected to look like after the next merge window closes. Linux-next trees are announced on the linux-kernel and linux-next mailing -- -- 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/