Re: linux-kbuild.git

[Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>]

On 29.11.2009 22:57, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:42:37 +0100 Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> wrote:
>> I plan to maintain such a branch, but I thought I would base the
>> for-next branch on top of it, so that you get everything in one pack. Or
>> would you still prefer to have two kbuild branches in linux-next, so
>> that you can remove the for-next branch if necessary and keep the
>> for-current branch? Just tell me what fits you best.
> 
> Running a for-current branch allows you to queue up urgent fixes without
> disrupting your for-next branch.  I will merge such a branch early on
> (actually before I do my first build) so that I don't have to worry about
> problems that are already have fixes pending for to be merged by Linus in
> his current tree.  Also, as you say, if I have problems with your
> for-next branch, it does not affect the more urgent patches.

OK, I created a for-linus branch in git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild.git.
Currently it's empty, as there are no urgent kbuild fixes for 2.6.32.

Michal