From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2012-discuss] [ATTEND] stable kernel stuff and grumpy maintainers [bisection/rebase/-next] Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:03:20 -0700 Message-ID: <20120622000320.GL2397@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <3908561D78D1C84285E8C5FCA982C28F193223DB@ORSMSX104.amr.corp.intel.com> <20120621034326.GA8601@localhost> <1340280738.27036.130.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <4FE321C2.8010604@parallels.com> <20120621133808.GA14716@localhost> <1340287466.27036.161.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <20120621152649.GA15549@localhost> <1340293901.27036.182.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <20120621233841.GK2397@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1340322348.27036.218.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from e31.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.149]:39710 "EHLO e31.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760698Ab2FVADz (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:03:55 -0400 Received: from /spool/local by e31.co.us.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:03:54 -0600 Received: from d03relay05.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay05.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.107]) by d03dlp01.boulder.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D06D51FF001A for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:03:32 +0000 (WET) Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (d03av01.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.167]) by d03relay05.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id q5M03N31232152 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:03:29 -0600 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id q5M03Kqu022795 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:03:22 -0600 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1340322348.27036.218.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Fengguang Wu , "ksummit-2012-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org" , "linux-next@vger.kernel.org" On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 07:45:48PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Thu, 2012-06-21 at 16:38 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > Let me make sure that I understand the current state: > > > > 1. Fengguang pulls from my tree (presumably from rcu/next) > > whenever I push something. He tests my commits in isolation > > from other maintainers' commits. > > > > 2. Stephen also pulls from my tree (rcu/next) whenever I push > > something. However, Stephen tests the merge of all > > maintainers' commits. > > > > So it sounds to me that Stephen is already doing the job that Steven > > is suggesting should be done. > > > > So, what am I missing here? > > That linux-next is only for code that's ready for the next release > cycle. > > What would be nice is a single public repository that holds development > code that is not ready for the next release cycle, but is in a "working > state". Basically, one of your "not for inclusion" changes. > > For those of us with test machines, it may be nice that we also perform > some testing, as Fengguang may not hit all permutations that others may > find. So you are suggesting: 3. Someone pulls from my tree (rcu/dev) whenever I push something, and tests the merge of all maintainers' commits. My rcu/dev branch is often just a preview of rcu/next, but I sometimes have longer lived topic branches (for example, the current rcu/idle branch with stuff related to Frederic's work). So maybe this tree needs to pull from all of my "rcu/" branches. Thanx, Paul