On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Jeff Merkey <linux.mdb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 4/11/16, Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> >> I'd like to announce the linux-stable security tree project. The purpose >> is to create a derivative tree from the regular stable tree that would >> contain only commits that fix security vulnerabilities. >> >> Quite a few users of the stable trees pointed out that on complex >> deployments, >> where validation is non-trivial, there is little incentive to follow the >> stable tree after the product has been deployed to production. There is no >> interest in "random" kernel fixes and the only requirements are to keep up >> with security vulnerabilities. >> >> Given this, a few projects preferred to delay important kernel updates, and >> a few even stopped updating the tree altogether, exposing them to critical >> vulnerabilities. >> >> This project provides an easy way to receive only important security >> commits, >> which are usually only a few in each release, and makes it easy to >> incorporate >> them into existing projects. >> >> The tree is available at: >> >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git/ >> >> Support is provided for all active -stable trees >> (https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html). >> Branches/tags for unsupported versions of >=3.0 kernels were also generated >> for reference. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Sasha >> >> >> > > Hi Sasha, > > [root@166-70-213-246 kernel]# > [root@166-70-213-246 kernel]# > [root@166-70-213-246 kernel]# git clone > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git > Cloning into 'linux-stable-security'... > fatal: repository > 'https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git/' > not found > [root@166-70-213-246 kernel]# git clone > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git > Cloning into 'linux-stable-security'... > fatal: repository > 'https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable-security.git/' > not found > [root@166-70-213-246 kernel]# > > > Git says the tree is not clonable. Because you're trying to clone the cgit webinterface. :-) -- Thanks, //richard -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html