| This repository is the canonical source for patches that make up the stable | |
| kernel releases. It consists of a set of directories for each of the stable | |
| kernels, as well as a directory that contains a snapshot of the patches for | |
| each stable release. | |
| The patches for each release can be found along with a complete tarball of | |
| a release in the following location: | |
| https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/vX.Y/ | |
| For each stable release candidate, a patch representing the diff of all the | |
| patches in the stable queue is uploaded here: | |
| https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/vX.Y/stable-review/ | |
| As a convenience for people that want to test release candidates of stable | |
| releases, a branch of the kernel git tree is created containing all of the | |
| patches in the given stable queue. These branches are available in the | |
| following repository: | |
| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git | |
| A branch exists for each of the stable releases. Note, though, that these | |
| branches are recreated from scratch by applying the queued stable patches | |
| on top of the prior release. As a consequence, the branches are not fast- | |
| forward and can change after a release candidate has been announced. The | |
| contents of the branch may therefore not match exactly what was released | |
| as the release candidate, depending on when you fetch it. No tags are | |
| created to track individual release candidates. If you're interested in | |
| exact reproducibility of a stable release candidate, please use the patches | |
| from the location mentioned above. |