Re: linux-next: the purge :-)

Greg KH
2008-05-08T22:13:00Z

On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 09:27:15AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:27:53PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:21:30AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > Greg, you might consider setting up a subset (currently probably
> > > empty) of the ldp tree for drivers that are readier for integration.
> >
> > Ok, fair enough, I totally understand.
> >
> > I've now moved my trees around a bit, and would like it if you could
> > include the following, in this order (the # NEXT_BASE variable is set in
> > them to make sure things get ordered properly.)
> > driver-core.next
> > usb.next
> > driver-core
> > usb
> > ldp.next
> >
> > The ".next" trees are what is going to Linus before the next major
> > release happens (bugfixes and new device ids at this point in time for
> > example.) The other trees are what is going to go to Linus after the
> > next major kernel is out.
> >...
>
> So the "next" in your .next has the opposite meaning of the one in
> linux-next?

It does? I was following the convention that people used for their git
tree branch names I thought.

> Can you name it .fixes instead to make it clearer?

I can name it anything that Stephen wants me to, I'll defer to him as he
is the only one that will ever really see this.

thanks,

greg k-h