linux-kernel - Re: util-linux: orphan

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Date:	Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:13:47 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Albert Cahalan <acahalan@...il.com>
cc:	kzak@...hat.com, hvogel@...e.de, olh@...e.de, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arekm@...en.pl,
	util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: util-linux: orphan


>> I've originally thought about util-linux upstream fork,
>> but as usually an fork is bad step. So.. I'd like to start
>> some discussion before this step.
> ...
>> 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).
>
> Well, how about giving me a chunk of it? I'd like /bin/kill please.
> I already ship a nicer one in procps anyway, so you can just delete
> the files and call that done. (just today I was working on a Fedora
> system and /bin/kill annoyed me)

How can you ship a "nicer" kill, given that its sole purpose is to accept

  kill { -l | -t | {-s SIGNUM | -SIGNAME } somepid [morepids] }

?

What about merging util-linux and procps?


	-`J'
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