Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756415Ab0LNLdy (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:33:54 -0500 Received: from chilli.pcug.org.au ([203.10.76.44]:42677 "EHLO smtps.tip.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750935Ab0LNLdx (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:33:53 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:33:39 +1100 From: Stephen Rothwell To: sedat.dilek@gmail.com Cc: Sedat Dilek , Nick Piggin , Nick Kossifidis , LKML , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Peter Hutterer Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for December 14 (New tree: vfs-scale) Message-Id: <20101214223339.5bf5db49.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Tue__14_Dec_2010_22_33_39_+1100_Qqgd0VMwYoBmzD+4" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3468 Lines: 102 --Signature=_Tue__14_Dec_2010_22_33_39_+1100_Qqgd0VMwYoBmzD+4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Sedat, On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:38:35 +0100 Sedat Dilek = wrote: > > [ QUOTE ] > Hi all, >=20 > [The mirroring on kernel.org is being slow again ...] >=20 > Changes since 20101213: >=20 > New tree: vfs-scale >=20 > The vfs-scale tree gained a conflict against the fuse tree. >=20 > The ieee1394 tree lost its build failure. >=20 > The wireless tree gained conflicts against the wireless-current tree. >=20 > The sound tree lost its conflict. >=20 > The input tree gained a conflict against Linus' tree. >=20 > The voltage tree gained a build failure so I used the version from > next-20101213. >=20 > The swiotlb-xen tree lost its build failure. >=20 > The cleancache tree gained a conflict against the vfs-scale tree. > [ /QUOTE ] >=20 > First of all congrats to all involved parties so that the work of Nick > was accepted as "vfs-scale" into linux-next! The "Nick" associated with the vfs-scale tree is Nick Piggin (cc'd). > I played yesterday with the new refreshed patchset (manually merged > and fixed) against systemd-v15 with kgdb/kdb. > Oh yes, there is a "dmesg" command :-) and with "btp $pid" I yesterday > night saw a NULL dereference in the backtrace. > Currently, I am compiling linux-next (next-20101214) and will take > some pictures with my digicam. >=20 > Some recommends (not that I want to teach you as GIT is for me new > playground and I follow mostly the commit-messages, which not means I > understand the complexity of the patchset), but ... >=20 > 1. Please give commits a proper/sane "commit subject" > "Build fix" or "Fixed build failure" is not saying much. >=20 > 2. Add credits for people investing time to test and report > Same commits did not have also credits for people reporting the build fai= lures. > A reference to LKML posting would be fine in the "commit-body" (sorry > for my comparison with Email, do not know the GIT term). >=20 > This all is not to punish you, it is for following and documenting the > whole process. >=20 > Peter Hutterer has a wonderful blog article "On commit messages" > concerning this topic. > If all of us would follow them, the working-together will be more fruitfu= l. >=20 > My 0.02EUR. >=20 > - Sedat - >=20 > [1] http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-commit-messages.html --=20 Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ --Signature=_Tue__14_Dec_2010_22_33_39_+1100_Qqgd0VMwYoBmzD+4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNB1YTAAoJEDMEi1NhKgbsfusH/RBtNDxKtso8jDPsARFjcq30 yBl3SY6kakfGgqlAykzqG5NDpaAhejvf3MPb3rvRwI74saQ9ZVd2IWaGktqbOQLj Rk9r1k18smA4LB9MzGLZnOREYEmTwtDnkAUM+rstb2tn2PWzkQIvXoby5yJ5NV8E Uss9VGWIWdkfzUhFMZtm2ZQxwSRQjYI4kCakm6SAXRC42umv3U8/Re8Xwcd9+JlG OUw/t+qzpCy7IMWc8x4NsvY1tfFW6s+BJUKC1pS/KJzo2uBz5i4bpUR05UqQdxkY c2h6NU8e+OcT6DZF6TMP9aeScwONg5ordky9MP9CfZ1TZV0Xf8ufwt8FUJK6DM4= =j4nb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Tue__14_Dec_2010_22_33_39_+1100_Qqgd0VMwYoBmzD+4-- -- 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/