Update https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection Inquiry

[Joseph Salisbury]

On 10/17/2012 06:34 AM, Christopher M. Penalver wrote:
> Dear Ubuntu Kernel Team / Ubuntu Bug Control:
>
> Regarding https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection , I and other
> linux package original reporters (ex.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1029790 ) have
> encountered problems when following the directions for this article.
>
> For example, what happens is when one executes the following at a terminal:
> git bisect start Ubuntu-3.2.0-14.23 Ubuntu-3.2.0-15.24
>
> the debian and debian.master folders get deleted by this command. However, the
> next step in the article
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection#Give_this_test_a_version_number
> mentions that one would want to edit debian.master/changelog.
>
> This inconsistency is not discussed in the article, confuses and
> frustrates first time bisectors, prevents them from performing their
> own bisect, and requires them to seek support via
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam#Communications .
>
> Unfortunately, I am not well versed in git bisect to understand why
> this is happening, should this be happening, and how to create a better
> article to prevent first time bisectors from getting stuck on this
> problem in the future.
>
> How do you think the article could be improved given this problem?
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter and I look
> forward to your response.
>
> --
> Christopher M. Penalver
> E-Mail: christopher.penalver at gmx.com
> https://launchpad.net/~penalvch
>
>
Hi Christopher,

There are some scripts(Mainline-build-one for example) in the 
kteam-tools repository[0] that create the debian specific directories.  
I'll spend some time and update the kernel bisect wiki.

Thanks,

Joe

[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kteam-tools