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Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 17:06:18 -0700
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Subject: Re: Long-term stable versions in linux-2.6-stable.git?
From: Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
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On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 03:33:21PM -0700, Bryan Hundven wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 10:38:35AM -0700, Bryan Hundven wrote:
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I was wondering if there are plans to include the long-term stable
>> >> versions in the /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git
>> >> repository?
>> >>
>> >> I'm not subscribed to lkml, please cc on response.
>> >
>> > It's been discussed numerous times in the past, the thing is, I don't
>> > control the script that does this so I have no control over it, sorry.
>>
>> Ok. The reason I ask is that it is painful to merge changes from
>> 2.6.35.13 back to 2.6.35.9, then forward to >2.6.36, although I guess
>> I will have to live with it.
>
> Why would you have to do that?  Why can't you just create the tree
> yourself by pulling from the different longterm branches?

That works too. Thank you!

>> If you don't mind me asking; who controls the script that does this?
>
> I really don't know, sorry.
>