From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 16:15:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 16:15:01 -0400 Received: from [200.192.207.142] ([200.192.207.142]:51471 "EHLO olimpo.networx.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Fri, 25 May 2001 16:14:59 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Thiago Vinhas de Moraes Organization: Networx - A SuaCompanhia.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox Subject: The difference between Linus's kernel and Alan Cox's kernel Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 17:12:39 -0300 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <3B0EB7A6.E0B17C79@mandrakesoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3B0EB7A6.E0B17C79@mandrakesoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01052517123904.01385@zeus.networx.com.br> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Maybe lots of you already know the answer, maybe it's a really stupid question. If it is, please tell me. I'll not be offended. Why there are two different kernel trees? There is always the official release, provided by Torvalds, and then Alan provides a patch merging Linus's stuff, and adding (?) tons of bug fixes. Why aren't the -ac patches completely merged to the official tree, and you centralize the work on single kernel patches ?? Won't it be easier to administrate? I'm so sorry if it's a really stupid question. It's because I never know what pre-patch to apply, the -ac* or the -pre*. In doubt, I apply Alan's, because it appears to be always Linus stuff, and more bug fixes, recently, the Linus's -pre* appears to have merges from the -ac on each release. I just don't understand why it can all be merged. Regards, Thiago Vinhas de Moraes NetWorx - A SuaCompanhia.com Rio de Janeiro - Brazil -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Dry8GHuTR9LK9ocRAsIIAKCs/uMrlDxZSlst8J0h0D6k6tylkACeKNMB ESyPHbcpcbxWr48NySQYUBs= =FotG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----