From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ezequiel Garcia Subject: Re: Regarding the l2-mtd branch in linux-next Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:45:22 -0300 Message-ID: <20131120194521.GB27064@localhost> References: <20131120114654.GA26240@localhost> <20131120183417.GI9468@ld-irv-0074.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from top.free-electrons.com ([176.31.233.9]:54937 "EHLO mail.free-electrons.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754628Ab3KTTpR (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:45:17 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131120183417.GI9468@ld-irv-0074.broadcom.com> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Brian Norris Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, Artem Bityutskiy , David Woodhouse On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:34:17AM -0800, Brian Norris wrote: > Hi Ezequiel, >=20 > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 08:46:55AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > > Can you explain in detail the differences between l2-mtd/master and > > l2-mtd/next? > >=20 > > I'm seeing linux-next merges the former, but instead maybe it shoul= d > > be the latter? > >=20 > > What do you think? >=20 > I only created the l2-mtd.git 'next' branch recently because I don't > think linux-next likes to see new stuff during the merge window that'= s > not going into the current release cycle. So I just queued up stuff i= n a > different branch temporarily, and I plan to bring it into 'master' on > top of 3.13-rc1 once the merge window closes. >=20 > In answer to your second question, then, the inclusion of > l2-mtd.git/master in linux-next is exactly as intended. >=20 > I am new at this whole maintainership thing, though, and I could be v= ery > wrong about the intended development process regarding linux-next and > the merge window. I couldn't find much clear documentation regarding > this process. I suppose it's something you learn over time. Any comme= nts > are welcome. >=20 Hm, I see. Well, I'm not an expert but the above sounds just about the right thing to do. Sorry for the noise! --=20 Ezequiel Garc=C3=ADa, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android Engineering http://free-electrons.com