From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk>
Cc: sfr@canb.auug.org.au,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:17:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081021231757.7cf40e23.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48FEAD30.3090906@lougher.demon.co.uk>
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:33:52 +0100 Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm about to send another respin of the Squashfs patches. Do I base
> them against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what? I thought they
> should be against linux-next, but I've already got one complaint. So,
> I'm confused, what tree should new patches be based off?
>
If they're being released for people to test and play with, I'd make
them aginst mainline or 2.6.27.
If they're being released for review-and-merge then yes, linux-next
would be better, but that's a fairly minor merging matter. A much bigger
task is getting them reviewed and generally getting a bit of
momentum/interest/enthusiasm/etc.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-22 6:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-22 4:33 Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what? Phillip Lougher
2008-10-22 6:17 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-10-22 15:38 ` Jörn Engel
2008-10-22 7:30 ` Stephen Rothwell
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