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@@ -267,15 +267,16 @@ process is as follows:
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is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information
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can be found at https://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just
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fine.
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- - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push
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- only patches that do not include new features that could affect the
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- stability of the whole kernel. Please note that a whole new driver
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- (or filesystem) might be accepted after -rc1 because there is no
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- risk of causing regressions with such a change as long as the change
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- is self-contained and does not affect areas outside of the code that
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- is being added. git can be used to send patches to Linus after -rc1
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- is released, but the patches need to also be sent to a public
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- mailing list for review.
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+ - After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released and the focus is on making the
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+ new kernel as rock solid as possible. Most of the patches at this point
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+ should fix a regression. Bugs that have always existed are not
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+ regressions, so only push these kinds of fixes if they are important.
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+ Please note that a whole new driver (or filesystem) might be accepted
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+ after -rc1 because there is no risk of causing regressions with such a
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+ change as long as the change is self-contained and does not affect areas
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+ outside of the code that is being added. git can be used to send
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+ patches to Linus after -rc1 is released, but the patches need to also be
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+ sent to a public mailing list for review.
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- A new -rc is released whenever Linus deems the current git tree to
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be in a reasonably sane state adequate for testing. The goal is to
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release a new -rc kernel every week.
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