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| author | Tony Fischetti <tony.fischetti@gmail.com> | 2020-02-17 03:08:26 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2020-02-19 14:03:54 +0300 |
| commit | fb0e0ffe7fc8e0e91481e67665f1d646bfd071f2 (patch) | |
| tree | cf9ee4da0287875f8a8f56f8d6da0b6c67b1acbc /Documentation/process/howto.rst | |
| parent | dff2c2e69f308c1c7d296d49d2b0467e9675b58e (diff) | |
| download | linux-fb0e0ffe7fc8e0e91481e67665f1d646bfd071f2.tar.xz | |
Documentation: bring process docs up to date
The guide to the kernel dev process documentation, for example, contains
references to older kernels and their timelines. In addition, one of the
"long term support kernels" listed have since reached EOL, and a new one
has been named. This patch brings information/tables up to date.
Additionally, some very trivial grammatical errors, unclear sentences,
and potentially unsavory diction have been edited.
Signed-off-by: Tony Fischetti <tony.fischetti@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process/howto.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/howto.rst | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index b6f5a379ad6c..70791e153de1 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ branches. These different branches are: Mainline tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Mainline tree are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found at +The mainline tree is maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found at https://kernel.org or in the repo. Its development process is as follows: - - As soon as a new kernel is released a two weeks window is open, + - As soon as a new kernel is released a two week window is open, during this period of time maintainers can submit big diffs to Linus, usually the patches that have already been included in the linux-next for a few weeks. The preferred way to submit big changes @@ -281,8 +281,9 @@ Various stable trees with multiple major numbers Kernels with 3-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant -regressions discovered in a given major mainline release, with the first -2-part of version number are the same correspondingly. +regressions discovered in a given major mainline release. Each release +in a major stable series increments the third part of the version +number, keeping the first two parts the same. This is the recommended branch for users who want the most recent stable kernel and are not interested in helping test development/experimental @@ -359,10 +360,10 @@ Managing bug reports One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel -more stable, you'll learn to fix real world problems and you will improve -your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing -bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because -not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. +more stable, but you'll also learn to fix real world problems and you will +improve your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. +Fixing bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, +because not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. To work in the already reported bug reports, go to https://bugzilla.kernel.org. |