From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933803AbZHWTEl (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:04:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933613AbZHWTEk (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:04:40 -0400 Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.25]:22393 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933063AbZHWTEk (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:04:40 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=eT9PnDNSIPhkoPJafo2v1rrloZYmypjXJM33uO+H+P1y5ZhtLYL95ignCtxE9eXTIE TWX1btvAhK6aPZTT2x+ydO9ONd4uTce7M/3BCxs2zucZ37DQt8qnB+990P3nJAtHIg/w 3aaFrTIvnhWNE8lCOK6KQ5sVFE5xi9yYgOo+M= Message-ID: <4A9192C5.2090304@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:04:37 +0200 From: Xavier Gnata User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" CC: Nigel Cunningham , linux-pm , TuxOnIce-devel , LKML Subject: Re: [TuxOnIce-devel] What to do? References: <4A8CCF95.9030401@crca.org.au> <200908201724.34430.rjw@sisk.pl> In-Reply-To: <200908201724.34430.rjw@sisk.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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