Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Dirk Behme
Hi Ben, Ben Warren wrote: > Hi Dirk, > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Dirk Behme wrote: > >> Dear Jean-Christophe, >> >> David Brownell wrote: >> ... > http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2009-April/050802.html the Patch series and this has been apply in the u-boot-arm/next >>>

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Ben Warren
Hi Dirk, Dirk Behme wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Ben Warren wrote: >> Hi Dirk, >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Dirk Behme >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Jean-Christophe, >>> >>> David Brownell wrote: >>> ... >> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2009-April/050802.html > the Patch series and t

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Dirk, In message <49f2b6b9.7040...@googlemail.com> you wrote: > > > My approach is that once the merge window closes, new patches that are not > > bug fixes go into 'next', which is for the release after the current one (in > > this case 07). When the merge window opens again, next goes to

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Ben Warren, In message <49f2bed7.9070...@gmail.com> you wrote: > > > - What about patches which are sent immediately after merge window > > closed (hours - 1 or 2 days)? I already heard something like 'no > > problem if it comes some hours later, if it is fine then I will still > > apply

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Dirk Behme
Dear Wolfgang, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Ben Warren, > > In message <49f2bed7.9070...@gmail.com> you wrote: >>> - What about patches which are sent immediately after merge window >>> closed (hours - 1 or 2 days)? I already heard something like 'no >>> problem if it comes some hours later, if

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread David Brownell
On Saturday 25 April 2009, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > Yes.  The issue is needing to guess what's up ... so for > > example, I seem to observe that "merge window closed" must > > not be the same as "first RC is out", which isn't how the > > Linux process works.  But that's the only example I've > > se

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Dirk, In message <49f2f59a.80...@googlemail.com> you wrote: > > > While I agree on your comment on flexibility, I strongly repudiate > > the statement that the MW state is not clearly communicated. Please > > have a look at http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/ReleaseCycle > > Ups, this lin

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear David, in message <200904250555.17450.davi...@pacbell.net> you wrote: > > I think the questions on this topic reflect a reality that > such status updates aren't yet visible enough. (The original > question was generic, not ARM-specific.) I'm not going to push this information down people's

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Ben Warren
Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Ben Warren, > > In message <49f2bed7.9070...@gmail.com> you wrote: > >>> - What about patches which are sent immediately after merge window >>> closed (hours - 1 or 2 days)? I already heard something like 'no >>> problem if it comes some hours later, i

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
On 09:07 Sat 25 Apr , Dirk Behme wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Ben Warren wrote: >> Hi Dirk, >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Dirk Behme >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Jean-Christophe, >>> >>> David Brownell wrote: >>> ... >> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2009-April/050802.html > the Pa

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD, In message <20090425170829.ga30...@game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote: > > > - What's about patches that are sent while open merge window or before, > > but need some update cycles and are finalized while rc? > Depends, if the patch is send just before the merge j

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
On 19:30 Sat 25 Apr , Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD, > > In message <20090425170829.ga30...@game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote: > > > > > - What's about patches that are sent while open merge window or before, > > > but need some update cycles and are finalized while

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread David Brownell
Hi Wolfgang, On Saturday 25 April 2009, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > in message <200904250555.17450.davi...@pacbell.net> you wrote: > > > > I think the questions on this topic reflect a reality that > > such status updates aren't yet visible enough. (The original > > question was generic, not ARM-speci

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread David Brownell
On Saturday 25 April 2009, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > For me when the first version of a [patch] is send after the close of the > merge and > it's not a bug fix, then it will go to the next MW. The only exception will be > if the patch come from an announce or a thread discussion an

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-25 Thread Dirk Behme
Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Ben Warren, > > In message <49f2bed7.9070...@gmail.com> you wrote: >>> - What about patches which are sent immediately after merge window >>> closed (hours - 1 or 2 days)? I already heard something like 'no >>> problem if it comes some hours later, if it is fine then

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-26 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear David, In message <200904251153.51380.davi...@pacbell.net> you wrote: > > > Just type "u-boot merge window" at google and > > click on the very first link. > > Several other key infrastructure projects make it easy to > find that info even without using a search engine. Come on and be rea

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-27 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi Wolfgang, >> And if we want to make it perfect, each -rc could get a similar >> announcement, too. > > Would ne not just add a lot of noise to the ML, without any real new > information? > > If you want detailed information about each action, please feel free > and register a RSS feed on the g

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-27 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Detlev, In message you wrote: > > >> And if we want to make it perfect, each -rc could get a similar > >> announcement, too. > > > > Would ne not just add a lot of noise to the ML, without any real new > > information? > > > > If you want detailed information about each action, please feel

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-28 Thread Detlev Zundel
Hi Wolfgang, >> >> And if we want to make it perfect, each -rc could get a similar >> >> announcement, too. >> > >> > Would ne not just add a lot of noise to the ML, without any real new >> > information? >> > >> > If you want detailed information about each action, please feel free >> > and regi

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy

2009-04-28 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Detlev, In message you wrote: > > >> >> And if we want to make it perfect, each -rc could get a similar > >> >> announcement, too. ^^^ > > No, I meant exactly what I wrote - the RSS feed on the git repo > > (http://git.de

[U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-24 Thread Dirk Behme
Dear Jean-Christophe, David Brownell wrote: ... >>> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2009-April/050802.html >> the Patch series and this has been apply in the u-boot-arm/next > > I see that branch now exists ... thanks! :) > Could you clarify the current merge cycle for me, by the wa

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-24 Thread Ben Warren
Hi Dirk, On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Dirk Behme wrote: > Dear Jean-Christophe, > > David Brownell wrote: > ... > >>> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2009-April/050802.html > >> the Patch series and this has been apply in the u-boot-arm/next > > > > I see that branch now exists ... t

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-24 Thread David Brownell
On Friday 24 April 2009, Dirk Behme wrote: > Btw.: Now that -next exists, I can't find patch linked above in it, > though :( http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot/u-boot-arm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/next shows it ... "respects SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT". Make sure to look at the "next" branch there; you c

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-25 Thread David Brownell
On Friday 24 April 2009, Ben Warren wrote: > My approach is that once the merge window closes, new patches that are not > bug fixes go into 'next', which is for the release after the current one (in > this case 07). Then I'm curious how that dm9000 EEPROM reading bugfix landed in net/next ... or

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-25 Thread Dirk Behme
David Brownell wrote: > On Friday 24 April 2009, Dirk Behme wrote: >> Btw.: Now that -next exists, I can't find patch linked above in it, >> though :( > > http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot/u-boot-arm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/next > > shows it ... "respects SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT". Make sure > to lo

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-25 Thread Ben Warren
Hi David, David Brownell wrote: > On Friday 24 April 2009, Ben Warren wrote: > >> My approach is that once the merge window closes, new patches that are not >> bug fixes go into 'next', which is for the release after the current one (in >> this case 07). >> > > Then I'm curious how that d

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-25 Thread David Brownell
On Saturday 25 April 2009, Ben Warren wrote: > > Then I'm curious how that dm9000 EEPROM reading bugfix > > landed in net/next ... or is the point that the merge > > window for 2009.05 is still open, since RC1 hasn't yet > > been tagged? > > > > In this case a pretty good argument could be made th

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear David Brownell, In message <200904250003.51845.davi...@pacbell.net> you wrote: > > Then I'm curious how that dm9000 EEPROM reading bugfix > landed in net/next ... or is the point that the merge > window for 2009.05 is still open, since RC1 hasn't yet > been tagged? No. End of merge window an

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-25 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear David Brownell, In message <200904250105.41050.davi...@pacbell.net> you wrote: > > Yes. The issue is needing to guess what's up ... so for > example, I seem to observe that "merge window closed" must > not be the same as "first RC is out", which isn't how the > Linux process works. But that

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-25 Thread Dirk Behme
Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear David Brownell, > > In message <200904250105.41050.davi...@pacbell.net> you wrote: >> Yes. The issue is needing to guess what's up ... so for >> example, I seem to observe that "merge window closed" must >> not be the same as "first RC is out", which isn't how the >> L

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-27 Thread Jerry Van Baren
Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear David Brownell, > > In message <200904250105.41050.davi...@pacbell.net> you wrote: >> Yes. The issue is needing to guess what's up ... so for >> example, I seem to observe that "merge window closed" must >> not be the same as "first RC is out", which isn't how the >> L

Re: [U-Boot] U-Boot ARM merge strategy, was: there are non-DM6446 DaVinci chips

2009-04-27 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Jerry Van Baren, In message <49f5b6af.5060...@ge.com> you wrote: > > > Maybe I pout a little more meaning in the words "release candiate". > > After the end of a merge window, there is usually still a long > > backlog of patches that has not been merged, and after that there are > >