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

[Jeremy S. <js...@mv...>]

"M. R. Brown" wrote:

> * Jeremy Siegel <js...@mv...> on Wed, Oct 17, 2001:
>
> >
> > I'd request that the kernel actually stick around quite a bit longer for
> > historical
> > value: seeing when/where/who/why a given change went in, or isolating some
> > symptom to a particular delta.
> >
>
> You're going to have a hard time doing that with the legacy kernel/, given
> the fact that no one ever bothered to tag sync-ups with Linus.

Yeah, I know... can't even use dates since things happen on the same day
(and I haven't fully groked how the -D and the respository manage timezones!)

> It would be very tedious to try and find specific kernel releases by
> grepping cvs logs and so forth.  But if someone wanted to take the effort
> to do so, I'd rather they grab specific kernel releases and archive them,
> so that we can eventually kill that tree.
>
> I agree on keeping it around to be able to track changes, but I want
> to at least get my docs out and freeze that tree, so we start using the
> drop-in tree by next week.
>
> In the new drop-in tree *everything* will be tagged (or your changes
> will be reverted).

I can't argue with it being frozen, and I really like the plan to tag all
changes.

Thanks for doing all this work, Marcus!

--Jeremy Siegel