Hi all! On 10/09/2021 18:06, Lafan Mining wrote: > I'm trying to understand how Linux Kernel development works and reading > the relevant documentation > at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.html > <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.html> > > So there is the so called next-tree accumulating all the patches from > all the subsystems ready for merge and the mainline tree. The thing is > the merge-window is opened for 2 weeks (as mentioned in the linked > documentation) and as far as I understood all the changes will be merged > into the mainline. The main purpose of the -next tree is to identify (and solve) merge issues (way) before the merge window so that there is less stress and chaos in the merge window. MfG, Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : bernd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx There is NO CLOUD, just other people's computers. - FSFE LUGA : http://www.luga.at _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
