Dear Ubuntu Kernel Team / Ubuntu Bug Control: Hello. I am e-mailing you as a continuation of https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2012-October/022472.html, to inquire about git bisecting non-linear Ubuntu kernel commits, as currently documented in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection#Commit_bisecting_Ubuntu_kernel_versions_across_non-linear_tags.
While triaging https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/881830, it seemed the reporter fell into this pitfall. Naively, one might assume tag linearity is due to the order in which Ubuntu kernel versions are displayed top to bottom in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+source/linux . However, this seems incorrect. Hence, one would ask, "What does a non-linear tag mean more explicitly?" Is this the mainline kernel being rebased off of is non-linear, the downstream Ubuntu kernel versions, the tags found at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-natty.git;a=tags , etc. So, what is tag linearity mean specifically in this case? As well, how would the original reporter test around this non-linearity? I'm happy to better document in the bisect article non-linear tags and testing around this, as it is a common issue for original reporters who end up getting to commit bisecting the Ubuntu kernel. Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter and I look forward to your response. -- Christopher M. Penalver E-Mail: [email protected] https://launchpad.net/~penalvch _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
