On 8/25/22 14:35, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > Randy, would you know if there are still users out there? > Would it help to replace this script with a minimal script that only > reports to "Please use git to obtain a recent repository. Update > versions and apply patches with git in a controlled way.". > > If someone complains, we revert the patch. If no one complains within > a year or two, we could consider shutting down the infrastructure > creating those patch archives as well, and delete the documentation > referring to that. As a refresher: besides Linus's tree (mainline), there is also stable tree, which is maintained by Greg and Sasha. Most users uses the latter. So, in case we add warning message to scripts/patch-kernel, we should say "This script is deprecated; please clone stable tree at [1] with git instead. If you'd like to apply patches, use git am. If you already have the tree, use git fetch and git merge to update stable branch of your choosing." Thanks. [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara
