On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Steven Scholz wrote:
> David Gibson wrote:
>
> >>>Could you please comment on the many branches that the CVS has.
> >>>
> >>> orinoco_0_15rc1_linus
> >>> orinoco_0_15rc1_HEAD
> >>> orinoco_0_15rc1
> >>> standalone
> >>
> >>Of those only "standalone" is a branch. The rest are non-branch tags.
>
> > Um.. I'm not sure exactly what you'd like me to comment on.
>
> Looking at the log tree I can see for instance 3 recent version of
> "Makefile": 1.29, 1.24.2.7 and 1.1.1.24.2.19.
>
> What is the branch "standalone" for?
It's for making releases distributed as tarballs, just like 0.15rc1.
> How does it differ from the main trunk?
The main trunk has USB support, which is not considered stable for
release. Once it's integrated properly, the need in the "standalone"
branch will disappear and the releases will be made from the trunk.
> Which one should I use?
It's your choice. As it stands now, there are no major differences. The
branches are kept in-sync. I expect that the USB integration work will be
done in the HEAD only.
> I suppose the branch "for_linus" is for Linus. But how does this one
> differn from the rest?
It doesn't have backward compatibility support. It doesn't have code that
is not submitted to the kernel, such as debugging utilities.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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