[Kernel.org Helpdesk #40777] Re: Linux 4.12-rc1 (file locations)

[Konstantin Ryabitsev via RT]

On 2017-05-15 11:42:48, torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> so the capability is there, it's just not done as several individual
> files any more.

I've published a news item explaining the new process and the reasoning behind not providing these automatically generated tarballs and patches as part of the cryptographically verifiable /pub tree:

https://www.kernel.org/rc-tarballs-and-patches-starting-with-412-rc1.html

Regards,
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Konstantin Ryabitsev
Director, IT Infrastructure Security
Linux Foundation Projects
MontrÃal, QuÃbec