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diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst index b21b5b245d13..613a01da4717 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the 5.2 kernel's history looked like this (all dates in 2019): ============== =============================== - September 15 5.2 stable release + July 7 5.2 stable release July 14 5.2.1 July 21 5.2.2 July 26 5.2.3 @@ -126,17 +126,10 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the 5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release. Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support -for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels -and their maintainers are: - - ====== ================================ ======================= - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel) - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel) - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - ====== ================================ ======================= +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active +long term kernel versions and their maintainers: + + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There @@ -295,7 +288,7 @@ mainline get there via -mm. The current -mm patch is available in the "mmotm" (-mm of the moment) directory at: - http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/ + https://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/ Use of the MMOTM tree is likely to be a frustrating experience, though; there is a definite chance that it will not even compile. @@ -306,7 +299,7 @@ the mainline is expected to look like after the next merge window closes. Linux-next trees are announced on the linux-kernel and linux-next mailing lists when they are assembled; they can be downloaded from: - http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/ + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/next/ Linux-next has become an integral part of the kernel development process; all patches merged during a given merge window should really have found @@ -365,21 +358,21 @@ to keep up with what other developers (and the mainline) are doing. Git is now packaged by almost all Linux distributions. There is a home page at: - http://git-scm.com/ + https://git-scm.com/ That page has pointers to documentation and tutorials. Among the kernel developers who do not use git, the most popular choice is almost certainly Mercurial: - http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/ + https://www.selenic.com/mercurial/ Mercurial shares many features with git, but it provides an interface which many find easier to use. The other tool worth knowing about is Quilt: - http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt/ + https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt/ Quilt is a patch management system, rather than a source code management system. It does not track history over time; it is, instead, oriented @@ -405,7 +398,7 @@ be found at: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html There are lists hosted elsewhere, though; a number of them are at -lists.redhat.com. +redhat.com/mailman/listinfo. The core mailing list for kernel development is, of course, linux-kernel. This list is an intimidating place to be; volume can reach 500 messages per @@ -441,9 +434,10 @@ There are a few hints which can help with linux-kernel survival: questions. Some developers can get impatient with people who clearly have not done their homework. -- Avoid top-posting (the practice of putting your answer above the quoted - text you are responding to). It makes your response harder to read and - makes a poor impression. +- Use interleaved ("inline") replies, which makes your response easier to + read. (i.e. avoid top-posting -- the practice of putting your answer above + the quoted text you are responding to.) For more details, see + :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <interleaved_replies>`. - Ask on the correct mailing list. Linux-kernel may be the general meeting point, but it is not the best place to find developers from all @@ -494,7 +488,7 @@ Andrew Morton gives this advice for aspiring kernel developers with others on getting things fixed up (this can require persistence!) but that's fine - it's a part of kernel development. -(http://lwn.net/Articles/283982/). +(https://lwn.net/Articles/283982/). In the absence of obvious problems to fix, developers are advised to look at the current lists of regressions and open bugs in general. There is |