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authorJonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net>2019-02-10 18:12:59 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-02-11 08:30:06 -0700
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parentc9389ad814cd0dd32e7d922bc33d5cc4b04784c1 (diff)
docs: process: Remove outdated info about -git patches
As can be seen by clicking around the timeline on web.archive.org[1], there were no -git patches/tarballs on kernel.org since release 3.1. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20111103073843/http://www.kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -302,15 +302,6 @@ The file :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rule
in the kernel tree documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for
the -stable tree, and how the release process works.
-4.x -git patches
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree which are managed in a
-git repository (hence the name.) These patches are usually released
-daily and represent the current state of Linus' tree. They are more
-experimental than -rc kernels since they are generated automatically
-without even a cursory glance to see if they are sane.
-
Subsystem Specific kernel trees and patches
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~