Re: xen.git branches

[Fantu <fantonifabio@tiscali.it>]

Now i start to use xen/stable, what are the feature missing?

Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> Another month, another branch shuffle to confuse everyone ;)
> 
> I've added a couple of new branches:
> 
>     * xen/stable-2.6.31.x - This is currently identical to xen/master. 
>       As its name suggests, it is going to track the 2.6.31.x stable
>       tree.  I don't think there'll be any more 2.6.31.x kernels
>       released, so this will just have Xen-related bugfixes.  Required
>       for pre-Xen 4/3.4.3.
>     * xen/stable-2.6.32.x - This is currently an alias of xen/stable. 
>       2.6.32 is going to be a long-term maintained kernel, so this
>       branch will likely be active for a long time.  It will get both
>       Linux updates and Xen bugfixes+features.  Requires Xen 4 or 3.4.3.
> 
> So what about the other branches?
> 
>     * xen/stable - will always be the most recent "stable" kernel.  For
>       now it will track stable-2.6.32.x, but when we move the main
>       development focus to 2.6.33 and beyond, it will track that stable
>       kernel.  It will be the default branch for xen.git.
>     * xen/master - I haven't quite worked out what to do with this in
>       the medium term.  I'm thinking that I'll make xen/master an alias
>       for xen/stable, since people are already using it as a default
>       branch.  At the moment its still stable-2.6.31.x.
>     * xen/next - Active development branch.  Generally bleeding-edge.
> 
> 
> I'm not quite ready to move xen/next into bleeding-edge phase yet.  The 
> 2.6.32 tree is still missing a few things and needs more testing before 
> I'm happy with it.
> 
>      J
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