Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development - take 2

From: Avuton Olrich (avuton_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/15/05

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    Date:	Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:52:46 -0800
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>

    On 11/15/05, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:

    > - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and now is possible to push only
    > patches that do not include new functionalities that could affect the
    > stability of the whole kernel. Please note that a whole new driver (or

    (functionalities is not a word, this maybe better)

    - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and it is only possible to
    push patches which don't offer new features, or could affect the
    stability of the kernel.

    > 2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree
    > ---------------------------
    > Kernels with 4 digit versions are -stable kernels. They contain
    > relativly small and critical fixes for security problems or significant
    > regressions discovered in a given 2.6.x kernel.

    relatively 

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