| 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. |
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| The patches for each release can be found along with a complete tarball of |
| a release in the following location: |
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| https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/vX.Y/ |
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| For each stable release candidate, a patch representing the diff of all the |
| patches in the stable queue is uploaded here: |
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| https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/vX.Y/stable-review/ |
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| 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: |
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| git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git |
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| 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. |
