From: "Jose R. Santos" Subject: Re: question about patch queue and ext4-git Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:21:13 -0500 Message-ID: <20071015082113.79c8f503@gara> References: <4712FC45.8080401@suse.de> <20071015051005.0865b2a7@gara> <47136128.5050301@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: coyli@suse.de Return-path: Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.146]:49186 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759839AbXJONVw (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:21:52 -0400 Received: from d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (d01relay04.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.236]) by e6.ny.us.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9FDNEna002601 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:23:14 -0400 Received: from d01av03.pok.ibm.com (d01av03.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.217]) by d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.5) with ESMTP id l9FDLdOv525078 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:21:43 -0400 Received: from d01av03.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av03.pok.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l9FDLTrc012929 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:21:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <47136128.5050301@suse.de> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:46:32 +0800 Coly Li wrote: > Thanks for the replying :-) > > Jose R. Santos wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:36:05 +0800 > > Coly Li wrote: > > > >> Now in my mind there are several words for ext4 patches, most frequently one are "patch queue". > >> > >> I see the patches in patch queue from > >> http://www2.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/ext4-patches/LATEST/broken-out/ . > >> Also I confirm some of the patches are in ext4 git tree now, but I am not sure for two questions: > >> 1) Whether all the patches are in ext4 git tree ? > > > > Yes, all these patches should be in ext4 git tree. > > > >> 2) This patch queue is only used to push ext4 patch into upstream ? > > > > The patch queue series is divided into stable and unstable patches. > > The stable patches are the one usually the ones used to push back > > upstream, while the unstable section has the patches for development > > purposes only and are not ready for pushing upstream (and some may > > never make it in). > > How to recognize which patch is stable patch and which one is unstable patch ? Look in the series file. The mark where the stable patches end is documented there. > > > >> Also there is a patch-queue git at http://repo.or.cz/w/ext4-patch-queue.git , is it same to the > >> patches in http://www2.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tytso/ext4-patches/ ? > > > > Same thing bug in git format. I believe Ted updates his patch queue > > from the patches in the git tree repo, so if you want latest/greatest > > the git tree is what you want. > > > >> Thanks for clarifying :-) > >> > >> > > > > -JRS > -JRS