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

[Grant Likely]

On 11/20/07, Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> 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.

My patches are ready to be pulled and merged by Wolfgang now.  The
rebase/merge that everyone will need to do is to ease the pain of the
Makefile changes.  It's the sort of fixups that are a lot easier if
the custodians do them rather than Wolfgang having to figure it all
out.

I wouldn't be surprised if the new merge window should be openable in
less than a day.  The next question is how long should the window be
open?

Cheers,
g.

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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
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