README

   1 This repository is the canonical source for patches that make up the stable
   2 kernel releases. It consists of a set of directories for each of the stable
   3 kernels, as well as a directory that contains a snapshot of the patches for
   4 each stable release.
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   6 The patches for each release can be found along with a complete tarball of
   7 a release in the following location:
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   9         https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/vX.Y/
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  11 For each stable release candidate, a patch representing the diff of all the
  12 patches in the stable queue is uploaded here:
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  14         https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/vX.Y/stable-review/
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  16 As a convenience for people that want to test release candidates of stable
  17 releases, a branch of the kernel git tree is created containing all of the
  18 patches in the given stable queue. These branches are available in the
  19 following repository:
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  21         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
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  23 A branch exists for each of the stable releases. Note, though, that these
  24 branches are recreated from scratch by applying the queued stable patches
  25 on top of the prior release. As a consequence, the branches are not fast-
  26 forward and can change after a release candidate has been announced. The
  27 contents of the branch may therefore not match exactly what was released
  28 as the release candidate, depending on when you fetch it. No tags are
  29 created to track individual release candidates. If you're interested in
  30 exact reproducibility of a stable release candidate, please use the patches
  31 from the location mentioned above.