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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Stale pages: FAQ/VariousKernelTrees OutreachyfirstpatchSetup
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 08:54:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161026065451.GA21427@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161021174847.17a8c0cd@ws>

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 05:48:47PM -0700, Duncan wrote:
> b) The staging tree might not be the best example for true kernel git
> sources newbies, mainline is arguably a better one.

What do you mean by "mainline"?  drivers/staging/ _is_ in the mainline
kernel tree (i.e. kernel.org releases).  It is a good place to find easy
coding style fixes, right?

> c) The example again appears dated and insecure, using the git://
> protocol that the git-fetch manpage's GIT URLS discussion specifically
> warns should be used with caution on unsecured networks like the
> general internet, because it does no authentication and is /not/
> secured.

Why do you need to "secure" git pulls?

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2016-10-26  6:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-22  0:48 Stale pages: FAQ/VariousKernelTrees OutreachyfirstpatchSetup Duncan
2016-10-26  6:54 ` Greg KH [this message]

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