Quoting Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Note that you can see if there have been commits since a release
(the last git tag) by using the command 'git describe'.
$ git checkout -b temp v2.6.23
Switched to a new branch "temp"
$ git describe
v2.6.23
$ git checkout master
$ git describe
v2.6.23-4
Pavel Roskin wrote:
> I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel, and
> the first two weeks after the release is the worst time for me. There
> is no way to distinguish the current git kernel from the latest release.
> It's only after rc1 is released that I can use preproc
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:41 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:22:43 -0400
> Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel,
> > and the first two weeks after the release is the worst time for me.
>
> Consider th
On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:45:17PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:34 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:22:43PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> >
> > > It would be nice to establish a rule to increment the version number
> > > immediately after t
On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 22:34 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:22:43PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> > It would be nice to establish a rule to increment the version number
> > immediately after the kernel release and have a suffix to indicate that
> > it's a pre-rc version.
On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:22:43 -0400
Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel,
> and the first two weeks after the release is the worst time for me.
Consider this an incentive to submit your code for inclusion
in the upstream kern
On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:22:43PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> It would be nice to establish a rule to increment the version number
> immediately after the kernel release and have a suffix to indicate that
> it's a pre-rc version. "rc0" is my personal favorite.
fwiw, rc0 is also what the Fed
Hello!
I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel, and
the first two weeks after the release is the worst time for me. There
is no way to distinguish the current git kernel from the latest release.
It's only after rc1 is released that I can use preprocessor to check
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