From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.ozlabs.org (gandalf.ozlabs.org [150.107.74.76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDB12156C5E; Sat, 2 Nov 2024 11:58:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=150.107.74.76 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1730548735; cv=none; b=g43jykcFTFaLbyVorU0noIH3eBmH36rTj9YIkl+rs+PzS/1YktT7dlhB9ZUQzgK7zQ7NNiphppcai5eh9e8dWqPgQ+LlO+kjdHy1Vy0PFGU3ihIhFWDFvGnWITkWj0Gk7AZ73hKtatbQgkT9kZ2kTR/I25cOOS+StO02n+iwtsA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1730548735; c=relaxed/simple; bh=D6bf6gLA62pRkD0pj8flG3S6quk9YQrNdAopeW5bBKI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=lCXenEqaO0qbY/rxJWcQ0diAtLEaZk09nBhJe+ecaL7PaaGZC2V8hEGV0xfTfXuYN+6eCSp3odpgWZKONc2hquXRHmqUjt+cXjC1HCW3Uh5zvliMAfE+nir7kz9+GkdWl2P4MeQbtWZk6Ok8I/89AExT1XrHjcpVSrMHPo97FJE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=canb.auug.org.au; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=canb.auug.org.au; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=canb.auug.org.au header.i=@canb.auug.org.au header.b=qLR8Z67T; arc=none smtp.client-ip=150.107.74.76 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=canb.auug.org.au Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=canb.auug.org.au Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=canb.auug.org.au header.i=@canb.auug.org.au header.b="qLR8Z67T" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=canb.auug.org.au; s=201702; t=1730548722; bh=6TF7qHWXKnX4ueyZiWxg6f0gvRh8CdiV1FQ7mPoKW/M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=qLR8Z67TFqah17XudQ08GqBw3lJgNhFTH7j0vCpd/2RBfGUBxUTPnmsy+p4zh8sl/ UZJy6MFfqdV+UTnl9GwUY8pbLjPlN7W6oh212LTggvbhL+OyVx0puf1F6aLxBJ5g/k As0j1s7LUr7gytCgipCTVRRXaP0g0JNIDI0xp5nKuVmgkpVoNPM2BnSencrYBYCYhR 4myftQmz2MA/FcBsVC04Mp7Xjs1PYhioBiAQTCHm3lMAwK98bGFroNEh2enpTLDYAE VRmKi7ujllk9GRX4EH1tTNwtsqk//ooAHOlQL4U45dJXv1+cs5Fbs6+TlTuydhO4qS sxfPrRj+04WiA== Received: from authenticated.ozlabs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4Xgbq56pJwz4w2K; Sat, 2 Nov 2024 22:58:41 +1100 (AEDT) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 22:58:41 +1100 From: Stephen Rothwell To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, Mark Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: bug-bisect: add a note about bisecting -next Message-ID: <20241102225841.4efa2969@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: References: <0b8245f429a3cb162f8f6c0686081700a9c09cc4.1730441728.git.linux@leemhuis.info> <20241101225916.075af3aa@canb.auug.org.au> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/2v1/SZ96.poebqvD8yaCdWD"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 --Sig_/2v1/SZ96.poebqvD8yaCdWD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Thorsten, On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 12:28:21 +0100 Thorsten Leemhuis w= rote: > > On 01.11.24 12:59, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 07:17:06 +0100 Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > [...] =20 > >> +The 'stable' branch refers to the state of linux-mainline the current= =20 > > ^ > > that the c= urrent =20 >=20 > Ohh, I thought such a "that" would be optional here, but I'm not a > native speaker, so I guess I was wrong. Yeah, I guess it is optional, but I prefer it written like that - it sounds better to my ear. > >> +linux-next release (found in the 'master' branch) is based on -- the = former > >> +thus should be free of any problems that show up in -next, but not in= Linus' > >> +tree. =20 > >=20 > > As you say, 'stable' only works for the current linux-next release. If > > you are trying to bisect a previous release, you can always find the > > SHA1 associated with the base of any linux-next release using "grep > > origin Next/SHA1s". Not sure how useful that is. =20 >=20 > Hmmm. Not sure. Open for opinions here. But right now I tend to think: > nice to know, but not relevant enough for this text, as most people want > to check if latest -next is still affected -- so why then bisect with a > older -next release? That is fine. --=20 Cheers, Stephen Rothwell --Sig_/2v1/SZ96.poebqvD8yaCdWD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEENIC96giZ81tWdLgKAVBC80lX0GwFAmcmE/EACgkQAVBC80lX 0GxrWQf/VT/2+CqyZMkFwzQv4WRD92JfhQ6Pm89raTs6ujYWDg2yZtG10+6nH2dG D25OEVQNbkwQ4dlbtojDh8hvLMDQgIbhCID/QtiRDubFXInA1PC6jLRt1VISvCTM xi6VCJJiA/FiQwh4jdymwbOWASZMCPJcSi615iYikiBVjFcYY5TojGE2XtZ7+2Am 8Bw+fi4bwdBdd++GhVkovpF1Us0VHGivsSITM9A5B9cwvVo2R+MhBlKzaqVzlsFo KJM22OsrqU24s5Ga5brfNON6K0jXbQk5F7k6h47l6l1klMXeZ3It010ENvRiZo6R KHHIaIdNTtit3IzhTTCTixbqXALnIw== =nvsW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/2v1/SZ96.poebqvD8yaCdWD--