linux-kernel - Re: [TuxOnIce-devel] What to do?

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Message-ID: <4A9192C5.2090304@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:04:37 +0200
From:	Xavier Gnata <xavier.gnata@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@...a.org.au>,
	linux-pm <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	TuxOnIce-devel <tuxonice-devel@...ts.tuxonice.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [TuxOnIce-devel] What to do?

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thursday 20 August 2009, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
>   
>> Hi all.
>>     
>
> Hi,
>
>   
>> A few months back, I posted TuxOnIce for something like the third time,
>> seeking to see if we could make some progress on getting it merged. The
>> outcome of that was an agreement between Rafael and I that we'd work on
>> getting TuxOnIce functionality (if not the actual code) merged bit by
>> bit, improving swsusp rather than doing an outright merge.
>>
>> Unfortunately, as the intervening months have shown, Rafael is busy with
>> other things and so am I. The few patches I did prepare and post have
>> had no review, and I haven't had a chance to build on or rework them
>> since. (I'd actually like them not to be merged, because I've realised
>> that there are more foundational changes that need to go in first.)
>>
>> Given that this has been the outcome so far, I see no reason to imagine
>> that we're going to make any serious progress any time soon.
>>     
>
> That unfortunately is probably right.
>
> The problem for my part is that new things are still appearing that I need to
> take care of rather urgently.
>
> In fact the user space part of (u)swsusp also has been suffering from the lack
> of attention recently, so to speak.
>
>   
>> I'd therefore like to ask whether there's anyone out there who could do
>> one or more of:
>>
>> 1) Step up to the plate and help improve swsusp, without relying on any
>> help from me but with my blessing if they choose to copy wholesale bits
>> of TuxOnIce;
>> 2) Take over maintaining TuxOnIce from me;
>> 3) Some other way forward that hasn't occurred to me.
>>
>> Thoughts, input, flames, whatever else welcome. A lack of deadly silence
>> would be especially appreciated :)
>>     
>
> Well, the code is out there.  If there's time to try to get it in, I think it's
> worth doing.
>
> Best,
> Rafael
>   

Well I have no time to jump into the details of the code but I can test 
whatever you want :)

Xavier
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