Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com! newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera! news2.dg.net.ua!apex!news.apex.dp.ua!dnepr.net!neon!news.dnepr.net.ua! news.alkar.net!ATNS!carrier.kiev.ua!not-for-mail From: Thiago Vinhas de Moraes <tvin...@networx.com.br> Newsgroups: lucky.linux.kernel Subject: The difference between Linus's kernel and Alan Cox's kernel Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:17:18 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Networx - A SuaCompanhia.com Lines: 41 Sender: n...@solar.carrier.kiev.ua Approved: newsmas...@lucky.net Message-ID: <01052517123904.01385@zeus.networx.com.br> References: <XFMail.010525213709.nemosoft@smcc.demon.nl> <3B0EB7A6.E0B17C79@mandrakesoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: solar.carrier.kiev.ua Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: solar.carrier.kiev.ua 990821839 19854 193.193.193.118 (25 May 2001 20:17:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@solar.carrier.kiev.ua NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:17:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <3B0EB7A6.E0B17C79@mandrakesoft.com> X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Comment-To: Linus Torvalds Hi. Maybe lots of you already know the answer, maybe it's a really stupid question. If it is, please tell me. I'll not be offended. Why there are two different kernel trees? There is always the official release, provided by Torvalds, and then Alan provides a patch merging Linus's stuff, and adding (?) tons of bug fixes. Why aren't the -ac patches completely merged to the official tree, and you centralize the work on single kernel patches ?? Won't it be easier to administrate? I'm so sorry if it's a really stupid question. It's because I never know what pre-patch to apply, the -ac* or the -pre*. In doubt, I apply Alan's, because it appears to be always Linus stuff, and more bug fixes, recently, the Linus's -pre* appears to have merges from the -ac on each release. I just don't understand why it can all be merged. Regards, Thiago Vinhas de Moraes NetWorx - A SuaCompanhia.com Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com! cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!howland.erols.net! newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news2.dg.net.ua!apex!news.apex.dp.ua!dnepr.net! neon!news.dnepr.net.ua!news.alkar.net!ATNS!carrier.kiev.ua!not-for-mail From: Alan Cox <a...@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Newsgroups: lucky.linux.kernel Subject: Re: The difference between Linus's kernel and Alan Cox's kernel Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 23:12:05 +0000 (UTC) Organization: unknown Lines: 16 Sender: n...@solar.carrier.kiev.ua Approved: newsmas...@lucky.net Message-ID: <E153QeK-0007Cs-00@the-village.bc.nu> NNTP-Posting-Host: solar.carrier.kiev.ua Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: solar.carrier.kiev.ua 990832326 9441 193.193.193.118 (25 May 2001 23:12:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@solar.carrier.kiev.ua NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 23:12:06 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <01052517123904.01385@zeus.networx.com.br> from "Thiago Vinhas de Moraes" at May 25, 2001 05:12:39 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Comment-To: Thiago Vinhas de Moraes > Why there are two different kernel trees? There is always the official > release, provided by Torvalds, and then Alan provides a patch merging Linus's > stuff, and adding (?) tons of bug fixes. Well it started by accident but it turns out good to have a tree that changes are merged into, tested by those who need the fixes and reviewed by third parties before they go to Linus. So the -ac tree is kind of a peer review, testing and distillation process for patches. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/