Re: Understanding merge window and next-tree
From: Bernd Petrovitsch <hidden>
Date: 2021-09-11 08:40:37
Hi all! On 10/09/2021 18:06, Lafan Mining wrote:
I'm trying to understand how Linux Kernel development works and reading the relevant documentation at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.html <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.html> So there is the so called next-tree accumulating all the patches from all the subsystems ready for merge and the mainline tree. The thing is the merge-window is opened for 2 weeks (as mentioned in the linked documentation) and as far as I understood all the changes will be merged into the mainline.
The main purpose of the -next tree is to identify (and solve) merge
issues (way) before the merge window so that there is less stress and
chaos in the merge window.
MfG,
Bernd
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