From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267903AbUHXUNe (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:13:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268262AbUHXUNe (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:13:34 -0400 Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.101]:16259 "EHLO e1.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267903AbUHXUNa (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:13:30 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc1 From: Josh Boyer To: Florian Weimer Cc: Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <871xhwb9c6.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> References: <20040824184245.GE5414@waste.org> <871xhwb9c6.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093378401.2991.32.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:13:22 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:54, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Linus Torvalds: > > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Matt Mackall wrote: > >> > >> Phew, I was worried about that. Can I get a ruling on how you intend > >> to handle a x.y.z.1 to x.y.z.2 transition? I've got a tool that I'm > >> looking to unbreak. My preference would be for all x.y.z.n patches to > >> be relative to x.y.z. > > > > Hmm.. I have no strong preferences. There _is_ obviously a well-defined > > ordering from x.y.z.1 -> x.y.z.2 (unlike the -rcX releases that don't have > > any ordering wrt the bugfixes), so either interdiffs or whole new full > > diffs are totally "logical". We just have to chose one way or the other, > > and I don't actually much care. > > It would be slightly more consistent to diff .2 against .1 because > this is what already happens when a new x.y.z release is published. Yes, but the -rcX releases aren't done that way. It's mostly how you view things. From a users point of view, do I want to download x.y.z and apply patches .1 through .N? Or do I want to download x.y.z and apply 1 patch to get me to the x.y.z.N level? Personally, I prefer the "one patch to rule them all" method. :) josh