Re: [PATCH] trivial fix for 2.6.11 raid6 compilation on ppc w/ Altivec

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Date:	Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:07:18 -0800
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>

* Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com) wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
>
> Two procedural suggestions...
>
> >Ok, I've fixed up the patch and applied it to a local tree that I've set
> >up to catch these things (it will live at
> >bk://kernel.bkbits.net:gregkh/linux-2.6.11.y until Chris Wright and I
> >set up how we are going to handle all of this.)
>
> My suggestion would be one of two alternatives:
>
> 1) At each release, Linus clones
> linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6
> to
> linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6.11
>
> and gives the "release team" access to push to linux-2.6.11 repo.

My recollection of the bkbits interface is that it's keys are good for a
"project" dir. So I don't know if it would work like you suggested.

> 2) Create linux-release.bkbits.net, and some non-Linus person clones
> linux-2.6 at release time to linux-2.6.11.

This is closer to what I suggested to Greg (although I like your name
better).

> This accomplishes two [minor] goals:
> a) the tree lives at bkbits.net, as has a name associated with the goal
> of the project
>
> b) The repo has the _exact_ name of the kernel release. None of this
> "linux-2.6.11.y" stuff. Just "linux-2.6.11". Anything else violates
> the Principle of Least Surprise.
>
>
> >Feel free to start pointing stuff like this at me and chris (we'll also
> >be setting up an alias for it.)
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible to setup a list on vger that is
> public, but read-only to everyone but the $sucker team.

Don't see why not, we were thinking of making it just an alias at
kernel.org.

thanks,
-chris

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