On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 08:32:34AM -0800, Garrett Holmstrom wrote: > Fedora's patched kernel sources in a git repository and then include > kernel-2.6.38-1.1.fc15.tar.bz2 in the source RPM instead of vanilla > kernel-2.6.38.tar.bz2 and fifty patches. Red Hat appears to do this > with RHEL 6's kernel, but their kernel repository is not > publicly-accessible. > RHEL also never rebases, which means their git tree is virtually linear. > While I can see how this might make things a bit easier, it can obscure > what commits are Fedora-specific as they are lost in the sea of the > upstream kernel's commits, making me firmly against the proposal. Correct, look at, for instance, what Ubuntu's git tree looks like during a release, it's an utter mess of merges and local commits. There are advantages to both, with a low patch count, I'm happy with the workflow we have now. --Kyle -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
