Re: Proposal: Linux Kernel Patch Management System

From: Mitchell Blank Jr (mitch@sfgoth.com)
Date: Wed Sep 13 2000 - 08:03:59 EST


Alexander Viro wrote:
> BTW, any bug reports starting with "kernel is x.y.z + FOO42069 + K314 +
> <long list of patches>" will be cheerfully flushed down the toilet here,
> no matter what system of dependencies is going to be in place.

Yes, for the stuff discussed on lkml patch dependencies should be
pretty minimal. However, if I were discussing something on linux-m68k
it would be common to say "kernel is 2.5.18 + m68k-native-patch-2.5.18 +
mac68k-patch-2.5.18"

-Mitch
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