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Message-ID: <20061218150048.GA11005@petra.dvoda.cz>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:00:48 +0100
From: Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@...en.pl>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Henne Vogelsang <hvogel@...e.de>,
Olaf Hering <olh@...e.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: util-linux: orphan
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:33:33AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> > after few weeks I'm pleased to announce a new "util-linux-ng" project. This
> > project is a fork of the original util-linux (2.13-pre7).
> >
> > The goal of the project is to move util-linux code back to useful state, sync
> > with actual distributions and kernel and make development more transparent end
> > open.
>
> If Adrian [ http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/9/262 ] does not want to be
> the maintainer, ask if you can take over, including the name.
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:55:05AM +0100, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 08:52, Karel Zak wrote:
> > I'm pleased to announce a new "util-linux-ng" project. This project
> > is a fork of the original util-linux (2.13-pre7).
>
> Fork? Are you saying that you just didn't take over maintainership and now we
> will have two versions of util-linux!? :/
People around util-linux-ng are not so naive ;-)
We spent last month with discussion about a way how (non-)fork this
project. We made decision that a fork is the right way, because
Adrian Bunk completely ignores __everyone__ who wants to talk with
him about utils-linux.
A fork is nothing attractive, but it's also a way how improve things
in Open Source world.
The goal is not only improve source code, but also a way how this
project is maintained (mailing list, discussion about changes, git,
transparent development, ...).
Karel
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Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>
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