Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development - take 2

[Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>]

On 11/15/05, Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:
> Here's an updated version of the "HOTO do Linux kernel development"
> document that I've been working on.
>
[snip]
> Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available:
>   git trees:
>     - Kbuild development tree, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild.git
>
>     - ACPI development tree, Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git
>
>     - Block development tree, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git
>
>     - DRM development tree, Dave Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git
>
>     - ia64 development tree, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git
>
>     - ieee1394 development tree, Jody McIntyre <scjody@modernduck.com>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/scjody/ieee1394.git
>
>     - infiniband, Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git
>
>     - libata, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git
>
>     - network drivers, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git
>
>     - pcmcia, Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git
>
>     - SCSI, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
>         kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git
>

As I see it, this list is almost guaranteed to a) be incomplete, b) be
outdated almost from the start, c) require often patching of your
HOWTO to keep updated when tree locations/names change or people
change email addr.

Wouldn't it be better to simply point to http://kernel.org/git for the list?
And email addresses for people can be found in CREDITS & MAINTAINERS,
why duplicate info here instead of pointing to those 2 canonical
documents?

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