Re: [linuxsh-dev] New linux drop-in tree

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* M. R. Brown <mr...@0x...> on Mon, Oct 15, 2001:

>=20
> Anyway, if you plan on doing development in both trees (2.5 and 2.4) you
> should check out HEAD and move that directory to linux-2.5 or whatever.
> Then, checkout the 2.4 branch (cvs co -r linux-2_4-branch linux) and move
> that to linux-2.4.  This is the easiest way to work on both trees
> simultaneously.  Also, if you note the version of the AGAINST file in the
> toplevel directory, it denotes the kernel version that the drop-in tree
> should be applied against.
>=20

One quick note on tag naming conventions:  This'll be covered in the doc,
but anyway, the convention is "linux", followed by the version number
(with periods replaced by underscores), and any -pre designation.  If it's
a series branch, then it's the same as above, but only with the kernel
series version number, followed by -branch.  So, if you were about to
update the 2.4 branch from 2.4.13-pre2 to 2.4.13, you'd tag it with
"linux-2_4_13-pre2".  Note that you always tag against the last kernel
version you *were* working with, not the version you're going to (since
that's current).

Still working on the docs..

M. R.