On 12.07.23 17:16, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 11:30:30AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> While working on the latter I noticed one more thing: >> >> ``` >> .. warning:: >> The -stable-rc tree is a snapshot in time of the stable-queue >> tree and >> will change frequently, hence will be rebased often. It should >> only be >> used for testing purposes (e.g. to be consumed by CI systems). >> ``` > [...] >> I'll thus likely >> change the text to something like this, >> unless I'm missing something or someone has a better idea: >> ``` >> .. warning:: >> The branches in the -stable-rc tree are rebased each time a new -rc >> is released, as they are created by taking the latest release and >> applying the patches from the stable-queue on top. > > Yes, that is true, but they are also rebased sometimes in intermediate > places, before a -rc is released, just to give CI systems a chance to > test easier. > > These are ONLY for CI systems to use, nothing else should be touching > them. So I think the current text is correct, what am I missing? That I misunderstood things and forgot about the "rebased sometimes in intermediate places" aspect I once knew about. Sorry. I'll leave the text as it is then. Nevertheless makes me wonder: is that strategy wise in times when some ordinary users and some distributions are building kernels straight from git repos instead of tarballs? I'm one of those, as I distribute stable-rc packages for Fedora here: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/groups/g/kernel-vanilla/coprs/ And the "rebased sometimes in intermediate places" aspect complicated things for me (my scripts handle that and apparently I forgot about that since I wrote them; uhhps :-/ ). But whatever, not that important, feel free to ignore this remark. And I can see why you are doing it the way you do, too. Thx for you helpful feedback! Ciao, Thorsten
