Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Wanted: hotfixes for -mm kernels | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:53:52 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 15:00 -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > Most -mm kernels have small but critical bugs that are found shortly > after release. Patches for these are posted on linux-kernel but > they aren't made available on kernel.org until the next -mm release. > > Would it be possible to create a hotfix/ directory for each -mm > release and put those patches there? A README could explain that > the fixes are untested. At least people reading the files could > see an issue exists even if they're not brave enough to try the > patch. :)
I doubt it - mm is an experimental kernel, hotfixes only make sense for production stuff. It moves too fast.
A better question is what does -mm give you that mainline does not, that causes you to want to "stabilize" a specific -mm version?
Lee
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