From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755877Ab3FCJMf (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 05:12:35 -0400 Received: from smtp1.uu.se ([130.238.7.54]:51001 "EHLO smtp1.uu.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753352Ab3FCJMd (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 05:12:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20908.23892.888385.996094@pilspetsen.it.uu.se> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:09:40 +0200 From: Mikael Pettersson To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 3.10-rc4 In-Reply-To: <51AB9177.8000508@infradead.org> References: <51AB9177.8000508@infradead.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 20.7.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Randy Dunlap writes: > On 06/02/13 01:45, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > Another week, another -rc. But this time (at least for now) only as a git > > tree - for people actually using the tar-balls and patches, I apologize, > > but I'm a complete moron, and didn't install kup, its perl dependencies, > > and my kup release scripts on the pixel before the trip. > > > > And while I can read and write email, and git is fine with just a few > > (flaky) kB/s internet throughput I have access to right now, installing > > the perl packages etc seems to be a pipe dream. > > > > I suspect nobody actually uses the tar-balls and patches, since git is so > > much more convenient and efficient, so hopefully nobody cares. But I'll > > rectify the lack eventually. Hopefully within a day or two, as my "yum > > update" actually completes. And if not in a day or two, then when I get > > back home a few days later. > > I still use tarballs and patches, fwiw. As do I. For this one time the lack of a patch file is no big deal, but please don't discontinue them permanently. /Mikael