Dave Jones wrote:
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 04:20:22PM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> >If you look at the existing patches generally do not add new features but
> >contain bug fixes in order to fix the problem sooner and usually are
> >later merged into the upstream kernel.
>
> Is there some way to tell for each patch where it came from and what it's
> status is upstream? Like a kernel.org bugzilla entry (or whatever they
> use). How does the kernel maintainer know when it's time to pull a patch
> out of the RPM?
It's usually time to pull it when it no longer applies to the latest upstream :-)
The actual patchfiles contain info at the top of the file (or at least a
pointer to the bugzilla they're fixing) in most cases, though some of the
'legacy' patches don't have any description yet.
Dave
It would be useful to add description to those legacy patches too and
maintain the current status in a URL and kill the Fedora kernels are
heavily patched myth while providing technically capable or merely
curious users more information on the patches.
regards
Rahil
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