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[PATCH] docs: update HOWTO for 3.x -> 4.x versioning

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  [PATCH] docs: update HOWTO for 3.x -> 4.x versioning Mario Carrillo <mario.alfredo.c.arevalo@intel.com> - 2015-08-24 16:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] docs: update HOWTO for 3.x -> 4.x versioning Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2015-08-24 19:30 +0200

#1212254 — [PATCH] docs: update HOWTO for 3.x -> 4.x versioning

The HOWTO document needed updating for the new kernel versioning.

Signed-off-by: Mario Carrillo <mario.alfredo.c.arevalo@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/HOWTO | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO
index 93aa860..21152d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/HOWTO
+++ b/Documentation/HOWTO
@@ -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 3.x kernel tree
-  - 3.x.y -stable kernel tree
-  - 3.x -git kernel patches
+  - main 4.x kernel tree
+  - 4.x.y -stable kernel tree
+  - 4.x -git kernel patches
   - subsystem specific kernel trees and patches
-  - the 3.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
+  - the 4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
 
-3.x kernel tree
+4.x kernel tree
 -----------------
-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
+4.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on
+kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v4.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
@@ -262,20 +262,20 @@ mailing list about kernel releases:
 	released according to perceived bug status, not according to a
 	preconceived timeline."
 
-3.x.y -stable kernel tree
+4.x.y -stable kernel tree
 ---------------------------
 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 3.x kernel.
+regressions discovered in a given 4.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 3.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 3.x
+If no 4.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 4.x
 kernel is the current stable kernel.
 
-3.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@vger.kernel.org>, and
+4.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
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ The file Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt in the kernel tree
 documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and
 how the release process works.
 
-3.x -git patches
+4.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
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ revisions to it, and maintainers can mark patches as under review,
 accepted, or rejected.  Most of these patchwork sites are listed at
 http://patchwork.kernel.org/.
 
-3.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
+4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
 ---------------------------------------------
-Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 3.x
+Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 4.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:
-- 
2.1.0

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On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 09:33:09 -0500
Mario Carrillo <mario.alfredo.c.arevalo@intel.com> wrote:

> The HOWTO document needed updating for the new kernel versioning.

As with various others, this document would benefit from changes that
would get it away from specific major version numbers.  In the absence of
that, though, we might as well at least make it current; patch applied to
the docs tree.

Thanks,

jon
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