[linuxsh-dev] Re: [linux-sh:01966] New linux drop-in tree

[Greg B. <gn...@al...>]

"M. R. Brown" wrote:
> 
> Ok,
> 
> I've imported a "drop-in" tree into a new CVS module called linux.

  Excellent, I'm glad to see this progressing.

  I just "cvs co"d it, it's certainly a lot quicker than the full tree!

> I'm currently writing a doc that explains [the syncing-with-Linus] process.  

  I'm looking forward to that.

> Perhaps, in addition to the
> normal copyright and GPL comment at the top of the source file, we should
> say "This file is part of the LinuxSH project (linuxsh.sourceforge.net)" ?

  Sounds good to me.

> I've attached the treelink.sh script which is used to overlay a drop-in
> tree on top of a full kernel tree.  I can also make a file release for this
> script, but I don't have any of those (file release) admin priveledges.
> NIIBE, Paul, or Greg, can you make me a release admin?

  Why don't you check this script into CVS, under linux/scripts/ ?

  Also, it might be nice to have files which are replaced (rather than
added) by treelink.sh backed up, so there's something like a mm/vmscan.c.orig.
This saves a lot of futzing about to get per-file diffs later.

> Anyway, I need to finish the new CVS docs, I'll be updating the web CVS
> once they're ready.  We should probably wait a good week or so for people
> to get adjusted to the drop-in tree before killing off the kernel tree.

  At least.

> binutils, gcc-core, and gdb should be killed immediately.

  Good riddance.

Greg.
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