From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 12:06:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 12:06:47 -0400 Received: from [200.192.207.230] ([200.192.207.230]:29700 "EHLO olimpo.networx.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Mon, 28 May 2001 12:06:32 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Thiago Vinhas de Moraes Organization: Networx - A SuaCompanhia.com To: Alan Cox , tvinhas@networx.com.br (Thiago Vinhas de Moraes) Subject: Re: The difference between Linus's kernel and Alan Cox's kernel Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 12:50:42 -0300 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds), alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01052812504202.01026@zeus.networx.com.br> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Em Sex 25 Mai 2001 20:05, Alan Cox escreveu: > > 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. > > Well it started by accident but it turns out good to have a tree that > changes are merged into, tested by those who need the fixes and reviewed by > third parties before they go to Linus. > > So the -ac tree is kind of a peer review, testing and distillation process > for patches. But will this happen forever? You (Alan) is currently the maintaner of the 2.2 tree. Won't you be going to assume the 2.4 tree, while the 2.5 series development starts? BTW, Thanks for your answer. Regards, -- ________________________________ Thiago Vinhas de Moraes NetWorx - A SuaCompanhia.com