linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-stable security tree

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:02:28 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	Jeff Merkey <linux.mdb@...il.com>
Cc:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, "lwn@....net" <lwn@....net>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-stable security tree

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Jeff Merkey <linux.mdb@...il.com> wrote:
> On 4/11/16, Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I'd like to announce the linux-stable security tree project. The purpose
>> is to create a derivative tree from the regular stable tree that would
>> contain only commits that fix security vulnerabilities.
>>
>> Quite a few users of the stable trees pointed out that on complex
>> deployments,
>> where validation is non-trivial, there is little incentive to follow the
>> stable tree after the product has been deployed to production. There is no
>> interest in "random" kernel fixes and the only requirements are to keep up
>> with security vulnerabilities.
>>
>> Given this, a few projects preferred to delay important kernel updates, and
>> a few even stopped updating the tree altogether, exposing them to critical
>> vulnerabilities.
>>
>> This project provides an easy way to receive only important security
>> commits,
>> which are usually only a few in each release, and makes it easy to
>> incorporate
>> them into existing projects.
>>
>> The tree is available at:
>>
>>       https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git/
>>
>> Support is provided for all active -stable trees
>> (https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html).
>> Branches/tags for unsupported versions of >=3.0 kernels were also generated
>> for reference.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sasha
>>
>>
>>
>
> Hi Sasha,
>
> [root@...-70-213-246 kernel]#
> [root@...-70-213-246 kernel]#
> [root@...-70-213-246 kernel]# git clone
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git
> Cloning into 'linux-stable-security'...
> fatal: repository
> 'https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git/'
> not found
> [root@...-70-213-246 kernel]# git clone
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git
> Cloning into 'linux-stable-security'...
> fatal: repository
> 'https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git/'
> not found
> [root@...-70-213-246 kernel]#
>
>
> Git says the tree is not clonable.

Because you're trying to clone the cgit webinterface. :-)

-- 
Thanks,
//richard