Re: Linux 2.6.38-rc1

[Justin Mattock]

On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Justin Mattock <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx 
> > wrote:
> > wheres the changelog? (gotta narcissistically check to see if I  
> > made it
> > in)..
>
> I only do changelogs in the email if they are small enough to be
> reasonable. -rc1 never is. -rc2 seldom is. Usually it's -rc3 and up.
> In this case, even just the shortlog would have been about ten
> thousand lines and 480kB, so it really isn't going to fly through lkml
> (and nobody would read it all anyway)

never realized that... always thought there was a changelog in your  
posts for releases

> But you can get git, and do
>
>   git shortlog v2.6.37..v2.6.38-rc1
>
> to get the shortlog. Or you can download the whole changelog from
> kernel.org next to the kernel sources. The git approach is better,
> because you can ask for the log for just specific files or
> subdirectories that you are interested in, which turns the flood into
> something much more manageable.

git is where Ill see then, and/or if you post it on an email

> But, since you asked, we can just do
>
>    git shortlog --author=justin v2.6.37..v2.6.38-rc1

a new way to use git...(nice!!)

> which is appended. Go Justin!
>
>               Linus
>
> PS. No. I will not make personalized shortlogs for everybody who asks.

no... thats not a good idea

> ---
> Justin P. Mattock (8):
>      staging: Fix typos in rt2860
>      spi/dw_spi Typo change diable to disable.
>      spi/topcliff: Typo fix threhold to threshold
>      media: comment typo fix diable -> disable.
>      wireless: comment typo fix diable -> disable.
>      m68k: fix comment typo diable -> disable.
>      drivers: fix comment typo diable -> disable.
>      ppc: fix comment typo singal -> signal

was wondering what happened to those.. all right... and Now have my  
answer!!

thanks for the response...

Justin P. Mattock
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