Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?

Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?

[Phillip Lougher]

Hi,

I'm about to send another respin of the Squashfs patches.  Do I base 
them against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?  I thought they 
should be against linux-next, but I've already got one complaint.  So, 
I'm confused, what tree should new patches be based off?

Any advice would be useful.

Thanks

Phillip

Re: Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:33:52 +0100 Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm about to send another respin of the Squashfs patches.  Do I base 
> them against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?  I thought they 
> should be against linux-next, but I've already got one complaint.  So, 
> I'm confused, what tree should new patches be based off?
> 

If they're being released for people to test and play with, I'd make
them aginst mainline or 2.6.27.

If they're being released for review-and-merge then yes, linux-next
would be better, but that's a fairly minor merging matter.  A much bigger
task is getting them reviewed and generally getting a bit of
momentum/interest/enthusiasm/etc.

Re: Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?

[Stephen Rothwell]

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Hi Phillip,

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:33:52 +0100 Phillip Lougher <phillip@lougher.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I'm about to send another respin of the Squashfs patches.  Do I base 
> them against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?  I thought they 
> should be against linux-next, but I've already got one complaint.  So, 
> I'm confused, what tree should new patches be based off?

Please base your patches on Linus' current git tree.  linux-next is too
much of a moving target.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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Re: Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?

[Jörn Engel]

On Tue, 21 October 2008 23:17:57 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> A much bigger
> task is getting them reviewed and generally getting a bit of
> momentum/interest/enthusiasm/etc.

How much of that is needed?  Squashfs is very widely used and the
current work is _much_ better than it used to be.  There is some work
remaining to be done, but the current format appears sane.

I'd vote to merge this fairly soon.

Jörn

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