fbdev maintenance

fbdev maintenance

[Andrew Morton]

I haven't heard anything from Tony for nearly three months, and I don't
think anyone else has either.  So we should make some alternative
arrangements.

I've been through the mailing list and have scooped up 25 patches, but I
don't have the knowledge to say whether they're good or bad.  I shall send
them all back to this list to refresh people's memories.  If you were one
of the people whose patches I merged, feel free to let me know whether you
think it's suitable for 2.6.19 (ie: it's a bugfix) or 2.6.20 (ie: it's a
good patch).

For the longer term, well, it would be good if someone else could step up
to take over Tony's role.  If nobody has the knowledge/time/inclination to
do that then can we please all spend more effort than we usually would in
reviewing and testing each other's work?

Thanks.

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Re: fbdev maintenance

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:49:53 -0800
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

> For the longer term, well, it would be good if someone else could step up
> to take over Tony's role.  If nobody has the knowledge/time/inclination to
> do that then can we please all spend more effort than we usually would in
> reviewing and testing each other's work?

oh, and if you have a patch which is presently in -mm, or if there are
patches in -mm which affect hardware which you own then please do test the
-mm tree to make sure that we're not about to add bugs to the mainline
kernel, thanks.

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Re: fbdev maintenance

[James Simmons]

> I haven't heard anything from Tony for nearly three months, and I don't
> think anyone else has either.  So we should make some alternative
> arrangements.
>
> I've been through the mailing list and have scooped up 25 patches, but I
> don't have the knowledge to say whether they're good or bad.  I shall send
> them all back to this list to refresh people's memories.  If you were one
> of the people whose patches I merged, feel free to let me know whether you
> think it's suitable for 2.6.19 (ie: it's a bugfix) or 2.6.20 (ie: it's a
> good patch).
>
> For the longer term, well, it would be good if someone else could step up
> to take over Tony's role.  If nobody has the knowledge/time/inclination to
> do that then can we please all spend more effort than we usually would in
> reviewing and testing each other's work?
>
> Thanks.

I have been planning to do this. I left my previous employer which was 
eating up my free time. Now I have a more sane job. I'm still unpacking 
from moving and my home internet connect is not avaliable yet. So in the 
next few days I should be in good shape to fill the role.

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