Re: Git tree for old kernels

[Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 01:40:52PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Josef Sipek wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 03:24:56PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Continuing on with kernel archeology for embedded systems, any
> > > > interest in making a git tree with all of the kernel versions from the
> > > > beginning up to the start of the current git tree?
> > > 
> > > I just put the archive I've gathered so far in a Git tree on kernel.org:
> > > 
> > >     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nico/archive.git
> > > 
> > > It is also available through gitweb from:
> > > 
> > >     http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/nico/archive.git
> >  
> > I don't mean to nit-pick but, would it be possible to have the timestamps
> > for the commits closer to the release dates?
> 
> Well, the author timestamp already is, based on the date of the 
> announcement message used for the commit log, including the timezone.  
> If you find errors in those please tell me.

Ah ok. Too bad gitweb displays the commit times => throws off some of the
sorting too.

/me prods gitweb people

> The commit timestamp, however, is the time when _I_ created the 
> repository, hence it should not be that interesting.

Too bad that's the date you see all over the place :( 

Jeff.

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