linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.10-rc4

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Message-ID: <20908.23892.888385.996094@pilspetsen.it.uu.se>
Date:	Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:09:40 +0200
From:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.10-rc4

Randy Dunlap writes:
 > On 06/02/13 01:45, Linus Torvalds wrote:
 > > 
 > > Another week, another -rc. But this time (at least for now) only as a git 
 > > tree - for people actually using the tar-balls and patches, I apologize, 
 > > but I'm a complete moron, and didn't install kup, its perl dependencies, 
 > > and my kup release scripts on the pixel before the trip.
 > > 
 > > And while I can read and write email, and git is fine with just a few 
 > > (flaky) kB/s internet throughput I have access to right now, installing 
 > > the perl packages etc seems to be a pipe dream.
 > > 
 > > I suspect nobody actually uses the tar-balls and patches, since git is so 
 > > much more convenient and efficient, so hopefully nobody cares. But I'll 
 > > rectify the lack eventually. Hopefully within a day or two, as my "yum 
 > > update" actually completes. And if not in a day or two, then when I get 
 > > back home a few days later.
 > 
 > I still use tarballs and patches, fwiw.

As do I.  For this one time the lack of a patch file is no big deal, but
please don't discontinue them permanently.

/Mikael
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