Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86 | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:17:14 +0000 |
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On Fri, 2023-02-17 at 14:54 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > +All topic branches, except for ``next`` and ``fixes``, are rolled into ``next`` > +via a cthulu merge on an as-needed basis, i.e. when a topic branch is updated. > +As a result, force pushes to ``next`` are common. > +
This makes 'next' an unfortunate name, doesn't it? Since branches destined for "linux-next", which has been using that name for far longer, have exactly the opposite expectation — that they have stable commit IDs.
Would 'staging' not be more conventional for the branch you describe? [unhandled content-type:application/pkcs7-signature] | |