From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FOXEI-0003Lv-Am for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:44:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2T9ikaE012673; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:44:46 GMT Received: from getafix.willow.local (169.248.adsl.brightview.com [80.189.248.169] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2T9iklQ016937 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:44:46 GMT Received: from johnm by getafix.willow.local with local (Exim 4.54) id 1FOXEL-0007r5-Qr for gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:44:45 +0100 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:44:45 +0100 From: John Mylchreest To: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.16-2 release Message-ID: <20060329094445.GA16917@getafix.willow.local> References: <20060328131922.4D385877627@zog.reactivated.net> <20060328132657.GE17806@getafix.willow.local> <442968CD.2030208@gentoo.org> <20060328170923.GA21022@osgiliath.brixandersen.dk> <442A0EFB.1050500@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-kernel@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <442A0EFB.1050500@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: adb85c1c-772f-49c6-a200-53e59474c40c X-Archives-Hash: 5d60c8e85497032ac0e25081baafe33b --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 11:37:15PM -0500, Kumba wrote: > Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > fwiw, I've got mips-sources modified to follow the upstream kernel.org=20 > notation of 2.6.x.y (even though our primary upstream, linux-mips.org,=20 > doesn't utilize this notation at all). >=20 > There's logic in the ebuild that can switch between using -rc, point=20 > releases (the .y ones) and standard versions, and it modifies the logic t= o=20 > fetch the appropriate patch(es) from upstream to save on what we need to= =20 > upload to the gentoo mirrors. >=20 > Been following this since ~2.6.12, and we haven't had any issues with the= =20 > versioning in portage or reported from users. mips-headers even uses it= =20 > now. On that note, whats the chances of getting mips-sources/headers to use kernel-2? ALl the logic exists already in there anyways (has done for ages) and it would reduce that 500 odd line ebuild down to ~50 :) --=20 Role: Gentoo Linux Kernel Lead Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org Public Key: gpg --recv-keys 9C745515 Key fingerprint: A0AF F3C8 D699 A05A EC5C 24F7 95AA 241D 9C74 5515 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEKlcNNzVYcyGvtWURAq+xAJ9p26xSZ3lm6FG8v3C7u/6/MM+xmACg0WzY ssosEn/N8oWvWE5O0mfR7b4= =+Vy3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn-- -- gentoo-kernel@gentoo.org mailing list