linux-kernel - Re: util-linux: orphan

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Date:	Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:42:13 -0500
From:	"Albert Cahalan" <acahalan@...il.com>
To:	kzak@...hat.com, hvogel@...e.de, olh@...e.de, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de,
	arekm@...en.pl, util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: util-linux: orphan

Karel Zak writes:

> 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).

Aw damn, I missed it again. LKML gets about 300 posts/day. The last
time util-linux was offered, I missed out. Bummer.

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)

VERY STRONG SUGGESTION: build a full test suite before you mess with
the source. This isn't some cute toy like xeyes or a silly game.
This is util-linux, which MUST work.
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