Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development - take 2

Avuton Olrich
2005-11-15T21:52:48Z

On 11/15/05, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:

> - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and now is possible to push only
> patches that do not include new functionalities that could affect the
> stability of the whole kernel. Please note that a whole new driver (or

(functionalities is not a word, this maybe better)

- After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and it is only possible to
push patches which don't offer new features, or could affect the
stability of the kernel.

> 2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree
> ---------------------------
> Kernels with 4 digit versions are -stable kernels. They contain
> relativly small and critical fixes for security problems or significant
> regressions discovered in a given 2.6.x kernel.

relatively

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