Re: Linux 2.6.11.2

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 12:39:23AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> 
>>And to further test this whole -stable system, I've released 2.6.11.2.
>>It contains one patch, which is already in the -bk tree, and came from
>>the security team (hence the lack of the longer review cycle).
>>
>>It's available now in the normal kernel.org places:
>>	kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.11.2.gz
>>which is a patch against the 2.6.11.1 release.
> 
> 
> Argh! @*#$&!!&! 

I have to Argh this also (with Matt).


>>If consensus arrives
>>that this patch should be against the 2.6.11 tree, it will be done that
>>way in the future.

It would be much easier on users/testers to have to apply
only one patch to base (2.6.11 e.g.) to get to 2.6.x.y
(2.6.11.3 e.g.).  One Patch File.  Not three.

> Consensus arrived back when 2.6.8.1 came out.
> 
> Please, folks, there are automated tools that "know" about kernel
> release numbering and so on. Said tools broke with 2.6.11.1 because it
> wasn't in the same place that 2.6.8.1 was and now this breaks with all
> precedent by being an interdiff along a branch.
> 
> Fixing it in the future is too #*$%* late because you've now turned it
> into a special case.


-- 
~Randy