Re: [Xen-devel] backport requests for 4.x-testing

[Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>]

On 08/03/2012 10:38, "Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> So they are not.  It appears that there was an off-by-6 numbering error
>>> in our patch queue for these patches.  Apologies for that.
>> These rev numbers are not globally meaningful, you need to use the node
>> hash if you want to reliably refer to particular changesets.
> 
> The node hashes were correct, which is how I verified the patches after
> the error was noticed.  I just naively assumed that the patches in the
> "explicitly from xen-unstable.hg" section would have the correct rev
> numbers as well.
> 
> I have checked all other patches and am now fairly happy that they are
> correct, and shall be more vigilant as new patches are being added.

I certainly prefer changeset numbers, with reference to xenbits.xen.org
master tree, when dealing with lists of patches. Just seem easier for me to
deal with. They just need to be correct is all!

 -- Keir



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