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authorPeter Loeffler <peter.loeffler@guruz.at>2016-01-30 15:53:53 -0500
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2016-02-10 15:19:48 -0500
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treea6cd75ee409b278807a40fd256d80c51a83d20f3 /Documentation/HOWTO
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Documentation: HOWTO: remove obsolete info about regression postings
corbet@lwn.net told me that these regression postings haven't happened for several years. So i think we can remove it. Signed-off-by: Peter Loeffler <peter.loeffler@guruz.at> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ apply a patch.
187If you do not know where you want to start, but you want to look for 187If you do not know where you want to start, but you want to look for
188some task to start doing to join into the kernel development community, 188some task to start doing to join into the kernel development community,
189go to the Linux Kernel Janitor's project: 189go to the Linux Kernel Janitor's project:
190 http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors 190 http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors
191It is a great place to start. It describes a list of relatively simple 191It is a great place to start. It describes a list of relatively simple
192problems that need to be cleaned up and fixed within the Linux kernel 192problems that need to be cleaned up and fixed within the Linux kernel
193source tree. Working with the developers in charge of this project, you 193source tree. Working with the developers in charge of this project, you
@@ -250,11 +250,6 @@ process is as follows:
250 release a new -rc kernel every week. 250 release a new -rc kernel every week.
251 - Process continues until the kernel is considered "ready", the 251 - Process continues until the kernel is considered "ready", the
252 process should last around 6 weeks. 252 process should last around 6 weeks.
253 - Known regressions in each release are periodically posted to the
254 linux-kernel mailing list. The goal is to reduce the length of
255 that list to zero before declaring the kernel to be "ready," but, in
256 the real world, a small number of regressions often remain at
257 release time.
258 253
259It is worth mentioning what Andrew Morton wrote on the linux-kernel 254It is worth mentioning what Andrew Morton wrote on the linux-kernel
260mailing list about kernel releases: 255mailing list about kernel releases: