Project status

Project status

[Carlos Rodriguez-Fernandez]

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Hi,

I'm currently maintaining this package in Fedora Linux, and I was 
wondering about the status of this project. I see that releases used to 
come a few a year, but no release has been done for about 4 years, 
however the patches are still coming in the mailing list like if it were 
actively being developed still. What is the current status of this 
project? Thank you for any insight.

Regards,

Carlos R.F.


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Re: Project status

[Chris Li]

Hi Carlos,

I was the sparse maintainer between 2009 to 2018. I am back as the
sparse maintainer since last weekend.

Still catching up with things and finding the missing patch in the
mail list to apply to sparse. Please let me know if you have any wish
list or particular patch you want in the new space release. I can cut
a sparse release after the initial batched catch up.

Chris


On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM Carlos Rodriguez-Fernandez
<carlosrodrifernandez@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently maintaining this package in Fedora Linux, and I was
> wondering about the status of this project. I see that releases used to
> come a few a year, but no release has been done for about 4 years,
> however the patches are still coming in the mailing list like if it were
> actively being developed still. What is the current status of this
> project? Thank you for any insight.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos R.F.
>

Re: Project status

[Carlos Rodriguez-Fernandez]

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Hi Chris,

I have nothing in particular, just wanted to know if the project was 
going unmaintained. I'm glad to hear it is being picked up.

Regards,

Carlos R.F.

On 9/25/25 9:08 AM, Chris Li wrote:
> Hi Carlos,
>
> I was the sparse maintainer between 2009 to 2018. I am back as the
> sparse maintainer since last weekend.
>
> Still catching up with things and finding the missing patch in the
> mail list to apply to sparse. Please let me know if you have any wish
> list or particular patch you want in the new space release. I can cut
> a sparse release after the initial batched catch up.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM Carlos Rodriguez-Fernandez
> <carlosrodrifernandez@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm currently maintaining this package in Fedora Linux, and I was
>> wondering about the status of this project. I see that releases used to
>> come a few a year, but no release has been done for about 4 years,
>> however the patches are still coming in the mailing list like if it were
>> actively being developed still. What is the current status of this
>> project? Thank you for any insight.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Carlos R.F.
>>

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