Re: linux-next: the purge :-)

Adrian Bunk
2008-05-08T06:28:50Z

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?

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

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

cu
Adrian

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