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The HOWTO document needed updating for the new kernel versioning. The
git URI for -next was updated as well.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Expand Up @@ -218,16 +218,16 @@ The development process
Linux kernel development process currently consists of a few different
main kernel "branches" and lots of different subsystem-specific kernel
branches. These different branches are:
- main 2.6.x kernel tree
- 2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree
- 2.6.x -git kernel patches
- main 3.x kernel tree
- 3.x.y -stable kernel tree
- 3.x -git kernel patches
- subsystem specific kernel trees and patches
- the 2.6.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
- the 3.x -next kernel tree for integration tests

2.6.x kernel tree
3.x kernel tree
-----------------
2.6.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on
kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ directory. Its development
3.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on
kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ directory. Its development
process is as follows:
- As soon as a new kernel is released a two weeks window is open,
during this period of time maintainers can submit big diffs to
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released according to perceived bug status, not according to a
preconceived timeline."

2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree
3.x.y -stable kernel tree
---------------------------
Kernels with 4-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain
Kernels with 3-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain
relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant
regressions discovered in a given 2.6.x kernel.
regressions discovered in a given 3.x kernel.

This is the recommended branch for users who want the most recent stable
kernel and are not interested in helping test development/experimental
versions.

If no 2.6.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 2.6.x
If no 3.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 3.x
kernel is the current stable kernel.

2.6.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@vger.kernel.org>, and
3.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@vger.kernel.org>, and
are released as needs dictate. The normal release period is approximately
two weeks, but it can be longer if there are no pressing problems. A
security-related problem, instead, can cause a release to happen almost
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documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and
how the release process works.

2.6.x -git patches
3.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
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accepted, or rejected. Most of these patchwork sites are listed at
http://patchwork.kernel.org/.

2.6.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
3.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
---------------------------------------------
Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 2.6.x
Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 3.x
tree, they need to be integration-tested. For this purpose, a special
testing repository exists into which virtually all subsystem trees are
pulled on an almost daily basis:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
http://linux.f-seidel.de/linux-next/pmwiki/

This way, the -next kernel gives a summary outlook onto what will be
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