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| author | Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> | 2019-02-10 18:12:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2019-02-11 16:30:06 +0100 |
| commit | 2c71d305caf9cd5076873c6a57d22ab8cb7c906c (patch) | |
| tree | c19f12d09d209cc1dc4c68b12e0617b480baf66e /Documentation/process | |
| parent | Documentation: fix lg-laptop.rst warnings (diff) | |
| download | linux-2c71d305caf9cd5076873c6a57d22ab8cb7c906c.tar.xz linux-2c71d305caf9cd5076873c6a57d22ab8cb7c906c.zip | |
docs: process: Remove outdated info about -git patches
As can be seen by clicking around the timeline on web.archive.org[1],
there were no -git patches/tarballs on kernel.org since release 3.1.
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20111103073843/http://www.kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/howto.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index bdd2eda81a1c..64deab5cfb3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -302,15 +302,6 @@ The file :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rule in the kernel tree documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and how the release process works. -4.x -git patches -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree which are managed in a -git repository (hence the name.) These patches are usually released -daily and represent the current state of Linus' tree. They are more -experimental than -rc kernels since they are generated automatically -without even a cursory glance to see if they are sane. - Subsystem Specific kernel trees and patches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |