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Documentation: HOWTO: remove obsolete info about regression postings

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corbet@lwn.net told me that these regression postings haven't happened for
several years. So i think we can remove it.

Signed-off-by: Peter Loeffler <peter.loeffler@guruz.at>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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2016-01-30 21:53:53 +01:00
committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ apply a patch.
If you do not know where you want to start, but you want to look for If you do not know where you want to start, but you want to look for
some task to start doing to join into the kernel development community, some task to start doing to join into the kernel development community,
go to the Linux Kernel Janitor's project: go to the Linux Kernel Janitor's project:
http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors
It is a great place to start. It describes a list of relatively simple It is a great place to start. It describes a list of relatively simple
problems that need to be cleaned up and fixed within the Linux kernel problems that need to be cleaned up and fixed within the Linux kernel
source tree. Working with the developers in charge of this project, you source tree. Working with the developers in charge of this project, you
@@ -250,11 +250,6 @@ process is as follows:
release a new -rc kernel every week. release a new -rc kernel every week.
- Process continues until the kernel is considered "ready", the - Process continues until the kernel is considered "ready", the
process should last around 6 weeks. process should last around 6 weeks.
- Known regressions in each release are periodically posted to the
linux-kernel mailing list. The goal is to reduce the length of
that list to zero before declaring the kernel to be "ready," but, in
the real world, a small number of regressions often remain at
release time.
It is worth mentioning what Andrew Morton wrote on the linux-kernel It is worth mentioning what Andrew Morton wrote on the linux-kernel
mailing list about kernel releases: mailing list about kernel releases: