linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: the purge :-)

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Date:	Thu, 8 May 2008 09:27:15 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: the purge :-)

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:27:53PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:21:30AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Greg, you might consider setting up a subset (currently probably
> > empty) of the ldp tree for drivers that are readier for integration.
> 
> Ok, fair enough, I totally understand.
> 
> I've now moved my trees around a bit, and would like it if you could
> include the following, in this order (the # NEXT_BASE variable is set in
> them to make sure things get ordered properly.)
> 	driver-core.next
> 	usb.next
> 	driver-core
> 	usb
> 	ldp.next
> 
> The ".next" trees are what is going to Linus before the next major
> release happens (bugfixes and new device ids at this point in time for
> example.)  The other trees are what is going to go to Linus after the
> next major kernel is out.
>...

So the "next" in your .next has the opposite meaning of the one in 
linux-next?

Can you name it .fixes instead to make it clearer?

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

cu
Adrian

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