Re: [PATCH] KVM: add localversion to avoid confusion and conflicts

[Avi Kivity]

Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > This patch is only for KVM tree and not for linus tree.
> >
> > Lets assume 100 developers are working on kvm tree and they use kvm tree
> > on 2 PCs. So count becomes 200.
> >
> > Like in my case I have dozen of kernel trees so I keep on swapping
> > config between kernels. And I also need to test config from various
> > users. So this count is countless.
> > I think this is the biggest point for adding localversion in -tip.
> > It seems Ingo is busy in perfcounter stuff otherwise he will explain you
> > more advantages.
> >
> > In the least case, Can you differentiate between 1 and 200 ?
> >
> > So by adding this patch we can save lot of developer's time.
> >     
>
> No this patch wastes a lot of developers time. If we accept it, than any
> patch that is added after it will need to be rebased before going to
> Linus. Unless KVM is made up of a bunch of branches like tip is, this will become
> more of a hassle than a benefit.
>   

kvm.git for-linus branches are rebased anyway, since I fold patches that 
fix or revert other patches.  I also (rarely) delay some patches in my 
tree but submit others that came later.

localversion would show up in linux-next, not sure if that's a problem.  
On the other hand, I'm not sure what it's worth.


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