linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs. -mm)

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Message-ID: <4B547C1E.5030405@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:19:58 +0100
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
CC:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs.
 -mm)

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0100, Stefan Richter said:
[...]
>> -2.6.x -mm kernel patches
[...]
> I'm not sure that nuking *all* reference to it is appropriate.
> 
> On the other hand, I think there's like 3 other guys besides myself that
> actually test -mm kernels, so maybe the best bet is to see if it makes it
> upstream via the -mm route. ;)

-mm had and still has other purposes than the one for which -next was
established.  There is mention of -mm in
Documentation/development-process/, but if desired, I could attempt a
brief explanation of -mm for HOWTO.
-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-==-=- ---= =--=-
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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