linux-kernel - Re: Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?

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Message-Id: <20081022183014.c3b39a64.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:30:14 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sending patches, against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?

Hi Phillip,

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:33:52 +0100 Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I'm about to send another respin of the Squashfs patches.  Do I base 
> them against linux-next.git, linux-2.6.git or what?  I thought they 
> should be against linux-next, but I've already got one complaint.  So, 
> I'm confused, what tree should new patches be based off?

Please base your patches on Linus' current git tree.  linux-next is too
much of a moving target.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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