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Message-Id: <200703281236.58222.paul.moore@hp.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:36:57 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	Joy Latten <latten@...tin.ibm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Venkat Yekkirala <vyekkirala@...stedcs.com>,
	Steve G <linux_4ever@...oo.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: LSPP kernels (was Re: [PATCH]: SAD sometimes has double SAs).

On Wednesday, March 28 2007 12:20:24 pm James Morris wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Joy Latten wrote:
> > Eric, sorry as I know you already patched lspp kernel
> > for testing.
>
> I think it'd be better to have the lspp kernel join the upstream workflow
> process, rather than being a shortcut into RHEL.
>
> Please consider creating an lspp git tree (based off Linus' tree), then
> once patches there are tested and ready to submit upstream, post them here
> or selinux-list, where they can be reviewed and applied to either my or
> DaveM's git tree.
>
> From there, they'll be picked up in -mm for even wider testing then be
> merged into mainline as appropriate.  Then, they can be incorporated into
> distro devel kernels when they update their kernels, or backported to
> stable distro kernels as already reviewed & tested upstream patches.
>
> If there are any objections, please respond.

I think the original intent of the LSPP kernel "series" was to test patches 
before they were submitted to a wider audience (not too different from what 
you are describing).  Eric Paris became the LSPP/MLS group's Andrew Morton if 
you will :)

However, for whatever reason, things appear to have stumbled a bit in recent 
months and I think making an effort to move to a more standard approach based 
on current kernel development would be a step in the right direction.  This 
would probably make backports a bit more difficult but Eric's a smart guy and 
I'm sure he wouldn't mind :)

Does anyone have access to a public site we could use to host a git tree?  If 
no one has anything available (or is willing to maintain the tree) I might be 
able to do something.

-- 
paul moore
linux security @ hp
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