Re: Please add the tiny tree to linux-next

[josh@joshtriplett.org]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 08:34:42AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Josh,
> 
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:53:04 -0700 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> >
> > Can you please add the tiny tree, branch tiny/next of
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/josh/linux.git , to
> > linux-next?
> > 
> > I'll be using this tree to upstream various patches for Linux kernel
> > tinification.  I plan to use topic branches under tiny/* for separate
> > topics, typically based on the previous -rc1, merging them into
> > tiny/next; when the merge window opens, I'll submit a pull request for
> > tiny/next and start merging new tiny/* topic branches into a
> > tiny/next-next branch or similar that will become the new tiny/next
> > after tiny/next gets merged.
> 
> Added from today.  I used git:// instead of https:// for the URL.
> 
> I do not want code for release N in linux-next until after (N-1)-rc1
> has been released.

So, rather than moving tiny/next-next to tiny/next as soon as tiny/next
gets merged during the merge window, wait until the end of the merge
window (and the release of -rc1) to do so?  That makes sense, to avoid
causing confusion and unnecessary conflicts during the merge window.

The code in tiny/next right now is based on 3.17-rc1, and is intended
for 3.18.  I'll send a pull request for 3.18 as soon as the 3.18 merge
window opens, and any patches I receive after that point will go into
tiny/next-next.  I'll wait to move tiny/next-next to tiny/next until
3.18-rc1 is released.

- Josh Triplett