Hi I am following 9 Stable. I have read the handbook information and I am now subscribed to this list and the svn-src-stable-9@ list.
Even after reading the handbook, what i'm not clear about is this:
I see individual commits being submitted to the source tree; do I:
- patch and update each individual commit, or;
- rebuild world say once every couple of days or even each day to
incorporate the changes, and;
- does the kernel need to be rebuilt and reinstalled each time if using
the first option. Obviously I would have to if rebuilding world (the second
option).
Am I right in thinking that it also depends on the type of change; i.e. if the
change is to a kernel and/or a kernel module then clearly I need to rebuild the
kernel. But, then would I need to rebuild the userland as well?
I hope I am making sense and not asking dumb questions, I just want to be clear
about the process.
Essentially, I want to know if it's necessary to rebuild the entire userland
and kernel sources just to incorporate a small number of changes. Obviously
that's a lot of time compiling. Or, do I just patch the commited files and
rebuild that bit of the sourse tree and the kernel if necessary due to the type
of change made.
I've not followed a FreeBSD stable branch before so just wanted to clarify
those points. I'd like to be involved with testing things for the project, etc.
Best wishes,
Jamie.
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