linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] obsolete libcom-err for SuSE e2fsprogs

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Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:16:41 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	List util-linux-ng <util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org>,
	xfs-oss <xfs@....sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] obsolete libcom-err for SuSE e2fsprogs

Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:25:39AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
>>> Nope, there isn't much rationale unless we also split out fsck, so
>>  util-linux-ng is open for fsck :-)
> 
> It's something I'm considering, but at the moment I've got some higher
> priority (ext4) work that I'm focusing on.  
> 
> What would you think about moving libblkid and the libdisk from
> xfsprogs into util-linux-ng?  That's things that I've been batting
> around doing, although that means we end up moving more libraries that
> distros would probably want separated into different packages into
> util-linux-ng....

Heh, sounds a little like a prisoner exchange... "we'll give up libblkid
& libcom_err if you give up libdisk" :)

Seriously, though, that all sounds like a pretty good idea to me,
especially since e2fsprogs has been making noise about utilizing some of
the functionality in xfsprogs (stripe discovery etc).

-Eric
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