[U-Boot-Users] PATCHES for next Merge Window

[Kumar Gala]

On Nov 20, 2007, at 7:41 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Hello to everybody...
>
> ...who has sumbitted new patches without waiting for the official
> opening of the new merge window.
>
> Please note that I will NOT apply any of these patches yet. And I
> recommend all custodians to wait, too.
>
> The plan is as follows:
>
> Grant Likely's patches come first, then comes the  drivers  reorgani-
> zation,  and I tend to say that's what goes into 1.3.2 - after such a
> significant restructuring I'd rather  want  to  have  it  tested  and
> cleaned up first before adding more new stuff. Let's do a quick cycle
> for 1.3.2 (which would be also good to bring us back in sync with the
> Linux cycle).
>
> In any case, after that probably  all  patches  have  to  be  rebased
> against  the  new  tree  - otherwise we would run into a lot of nasty
> merge conflicts.

How long will that mean in terms of taking any actual new code between  
when the merge window closed for 1.3.0 and the 1.3.3 or 1.4.0 window  
opening?  Seems like it will be a very long time.

- k