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Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1
From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
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On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:22, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> >From an automated tool point of view, it's easier to build a kernel
> with just tarball + 1 patch (I have much the same issues as Matt to deal
> with) ... also it works the same way as the current -rc releases, etc, 
> so it's consistent.

The post-releases have tarballs all by themselves, though.  So, you
shouldn't really have anything to worry about for any of the post
releases, unless you're using something like ketchup which skips the
tarballs in favor of patching.  

-- Dave