From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758234Ab1FAW4z (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2011 18:56:55 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:45535 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751561Ab1FAW4x (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2011 18:56:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 07:57:23 +0900 From: Greg KH To: Bryan Hundven Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Long-term stable versions in linux-2.6-stable.git? Message-ID: <20110601225723.GA18471@suse.de> References: <20110601211506.GA16121@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 03:33:21PM -0700, Bryan Hundven wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 10:38:35AM -0700, Bryan Hundven wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I was wondering if there are plans to include the long-term stable > >> versions in the /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git > >> repository? > >> > >> I'm not subscribed to lkml, please cc on response. > > > > It's been discussed numerous times in the past, the thing is, I don't > > control the script that does this so I have no control over it, sorry. > > Ok. The reason I ask is that it is painful to merge changes from > 2.6.35.13 back to 2.6.35.9, then forward to >2.6.36, although I guess > I will have to live with it. Why would you have to do that? Why can't you just create the tree yourself by pulling from the different longterm branches? > If you don't mind me asking; who controls the script that does this? I really don't know, sorry.