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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Cc: mingo@elte.hu, hohndel@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:32:47 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0910061030380.3432@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200910061923.00723.elendil@planet.nl>



On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> 
> Doesn't this leave users of the git snapshot tarballs in the cold?

You can save it in .scmversion if you want to, we've supported that as a 
"export versions outside of the SCM" way since introducing 
LOCALVERSION_AUTO.

> The advantage of an -rc0 in the Makefile is that everybody gets it.

Have you missed the whole discussion about why it doesn't work?

Have you missed the point on why it is FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG to do?

You also seem to be making up more and more ludicrous examples of things 
to do. Why the f*ck cares about somebody taking a random git tree, tarring 
it up, and then building it like that?

I mean really.

		Linus

  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-06 17:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 131+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-05  0:44 Linux 2.6.32-rc3 Linus Torvalds
2009-10-05 18:55 ` James Cloos
2009-10-06  1:57 ` Len Brown
2009-10-06  2:51   ` Dirk Hohndel
2009-10-06 14:18     ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 14:38       ` Dirk Hohndel
2009-10-06 15:13         ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 15:34           ` Dirk Hohndel
2009-10-06 15:43             ` Linus Torvalds
     [not found]               ` <4ACBB7D7.10207@urpla.net>
2009-10-06 22:13                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 16:36           ` Frans Pop
2009-10-07  1:09             ` Bryan Donlan
2009-10-07  5:56               ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 14:44       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 15:24         ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 15:36           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 15:51             ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 16:29               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 16:35                 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 16:31               ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 16:40                 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 18:12                   ` Theodore Tso
2009-10-06 18:24                     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 21:19                       ` Stefan Richter
2009-10-06 17:15                 ` Stefan Richter
2009-10-06 18:16                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 17:22                 ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 17:32                   ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2009-10-06 18:29                     ` Frans Pop
2009-10-07  0:51                       ` Florian Mickler
2009-10-06 17:35                 ` [patch] kbuild: Improve version string logic Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 18:37                   ` Johannes Berg
2009-10-06 18:49                     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 18:55                       ` Johannes Berg
2009-10-06 19:03                     ` Theodore Tso
2009-10-06 19:45                     ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 19:48                       ` Johannes Berg
2009-10-06 20:25                         ` Frans Pop
2009-10-07  2:43                   ` David Rientjes
2009-10-12 19:57                   ` [PATCH, v2] " Ingo Molnar
2009-10-12 22:04                     ` Frans Pop
2009-10-13  7:05                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-13 17:51                         ` Frans Pop
2009-10-13 18:01                           ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-13 23:59                             ` David Rientjes
2009-10-14  6:59                               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-14  7:24                                 ` David Rientjes
2009-10-14  7:33                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-14  7:42                                     ` David Rientjes
2009-10-14 23:43                                       ` Frans Pop
2009-10-15  7:37                                         ` David Rientjes
2009-10-15 14:13                                           ` Frans Pop
2009-10-15 20:38                                             ` David Rientjes
2009-10-15 21:01                                               ` Frans Pop
2009-10-15  9:03                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-15 14:42                                           ` Frans Pop
2009-10-15 20:45                                             ` David Rientjes
2009-10-15  8:01                                       ` David Rientjes
2009-10-15  8:59                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-14 21:55                               ` Frans Pop
2009-10-13  2:00                     ` David Rientjes
2009-10-13  7:07                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-13  7:59                         ` David Rientjes
2010-06-07 17:18                     ` [PATCH, v2] kbuild: Improve version string logic - two for the price of one - No thanks Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-07 19:45                       ` David Rientjes
2010-06-08  5:52                         ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08  6:18                           ` David Rientjes
2010-06-08  6:34                             ` Paul Mundt
2010-06-08  6:39                               ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08  7:16                                 ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08  7:21                                   ` Paul Mundt
2010-06-08  7:21                                   ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08  7:32                                     ` Paul Mundt
2010-06-08  7:52                                       ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08  9:17                                         ` David Rientjes
2010-06-08  6:37                             ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08  8:31                         ` kbuild: Fix the breakage caused by "improve version string logic" Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08  9:13                           ` David Rientjes
2010-06-08 10:14                             ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-08 10:19                               ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-09  6:55                               ` David Rientjes
2010-06-09  7:54                                 ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-06-09  8:18                                   ` Mike Galbraith
2009-10-06 17:40                 ` Linux 2.6.32-rc3 Len Brown
2009-10-06 18:16                   ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-07 22:33                     ` Len Brown
2009-10-06 17:45                 ` Dirk Hohndel
2009-10-06 19:22                 ` Joel Becker
     [not found]               ` <4ACB77ED.6060104@grm.uci.cu>
2009-10-06 18:00                 ` Herlin R. Matos Lastres
2009-10-15 15:51             ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 15:42           ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 17:09             ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 17:34               ` Stefan Richter
2009-10-06 17:41                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 18:56                   ` david
2009-10-06 18:23                 ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 19:23                   ` Stefan Richter
2009-10-06 17:44             ` Theodore Tso
2009-10-06 18:14               ` Theodore Tso
2009-10-06 18:20               ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 16:40           ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 18:35             ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-06 19:37               ` Frans Pop
2009-10-07 21:39           ` Steven Rostedt
2009-10-08 15:20           ` Frans Pop
2009-10-06 15:29         ` Stefan Richter
2009-10-06 17:08           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-06 17:20             ` Stefan Richter
2009-10-06 21:33       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-06 22:19         ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-07  1:22           ` Dave Airlie
2009-10-07  2:31             ` Theodore Tso
2009-10-07  2:45               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-10-10 12:09               ` Pavel Machek
2009-10-10 12:18                 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-10-07  3:23             ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-07  3:31               ` Linus Torvalds
2009-10-07 13:52                 ` Theodore Tso
2009-10-07 14:52                   ` Mike Galbraith
2009-10-07 17:44                     ` david
2009-10-07 18:13                       ` Mike Galbraith
2009-10-07  4:02               ` Justin P. Mattock
2009-10-07 10:41 ` 2.6.32-rc3: floating-point build failure (undefined reference to `__udivdi3' in menu governor) Andreas Mohr
2009-10-07 14:23   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-10-07 17:34     ` Andreas Mohr
2009-10-07 17:45       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-10-07 17:45       ` Kyle McMartin
2009-10-09 16:01         ` Andreas Mohr
2009-10-09 16:32           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-10-09 17:08             ` Kyle McMartin
2009-10-09 17:12               ` Arjan van de Ven

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