From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A840FC433E7 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:30:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3DAD206DD for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:30:11 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E3DAD206DD Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mails.ucas.ac.cn Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kSd6E-0000dp-0i; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:29:34 -0400 Received: from smtp25.cstnet.cn ([159.226.251.25] helo=cstnet.cn) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kSd69-0000dJ-NY for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:29:30 -0400 Received: from [10.0.20.65] (unknown [106.120.127.15]) by APP-05 (Coremail) with SMTP id zQCowAC3vIzwxIZfhUpyAg--.21628S2; Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:29:20 +0800 (CST) To: kernelnewbies From: wuzhouhui Subject: What's the relationship between linux-next and mainline Message-ID: Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:29:20 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en-US X-CM-TRANSID: zQCowAC3vIzwxIZfhUpyAg--.21628S2 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1UD129KBjDUn29KB7ZKAUJUUUUU529EdanIXcx71UUUUU7v73 VFW2AGmfu7bjvjm3AaLaJ3UjIYCTnIWjp_UUUY-7k0a2IF6w1UM7kC6x804xWl14x267AK xVWUJVW8JwAFc2x0x2IEx4CE42xK8VAvwI8IcIk0rVWrJVCq3wAFIxvE14AKwVWUJVWUGw A2ocxC64kIII0Yj41l84x0c7CEw4AK67xGY2AK021l84ACjcxK6xIIjxv20xvE14v26ryj 6F1UM28EF7xvwVC0I7IYx2IY6xkF7I0E14v26r4j6F4UM28EF7xvwVC2z280aVAFwI0_Cr 1j6rxdM28EF7xvwVC2z280aVCY1x0267AKxVWxJr0_GcWlnxkEFVAIw20F6cxK64vIFxWl e2I262IYc4CY6c8Ij28IcVAaY2xG8wAqx4xG64xvF2IEw4CE5I8CrVC2j2WlYx0E2Ix0cI 8IcVAFwI0_Jr0_Jr4lYx0Ex4A2jsIE14v26r1j6r4UMcvjeVCFs4IE7xkEbVWUJVW8JwAC jcxG0xvEwIxGrwCYjI0SjxkI62AI1cAE67vIY487MxAIw28IcxkI7VAKI48JMxC20s026x CaFVCjc4AY6r1j6r4UMI8I3I0E5I8CrVAFwI0_Jr0_Jr4lx2IqxVCjr7xvwVAFwI0_JrI_ JrWlx4CE17CEb7AF67AKxVWUJVWUXwCIc40Y0x0EwIxGrwCI42IY6xIIjxv20xvE14v26r 1j6r1xMIIF0xvE2Ix0cI8IcVCY1x0267AKxVWUJVW8JwCI42IY6xAIw20EY4v20xvaj40_ WFyUJVCq3wCI42IY6I8E87Iv67AKxVWUJVW8JwCI42IY6I8E87Iv6xkF7I0E14v26r1j6r 4UYxBIdaVFxhVjvjDU0xZFpf9x07jOa9-UUUUU= X-Originating-IP: [106.120.127.15] X-CM-SenderInfo: xzx2x05xkxxi2u6ptx1ovo3u1dvotugofq/1tbiCAAJAV8J9tALFgAAst X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Hi, Frequently, I found Stephen Rothwell send email about he have created today's linux-next tree. On the other hand, the maintainer sometimes write their pull request like "these changes have been sitting in linux-next for a while". So, what's the relationship between linux-next and mainline? Is linux-next a temporary integrating tree for maintainers to merge and test? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies