Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] check for utimensat() availability on configure

[Arnaud Patard (Rtp) <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org>]

Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 07:07:42PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:12:55AM -0300, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>> > > afaik, they can also be found in maemo's qemu git tree (and sent again
>> > > later to the mailing list)
>> 
>> > Why is it not included, if it is a better fix?
>> 
>> because mainline qemu is lacking a linux-user maintainer.
> I believe if you can guarantee (through proper testing) the stability of maemo
> tree, and poke for review the specific parts that may affect the rest ot the world,
> then it should be fine to just pull it.

At least, this would be better than what we have currently. Please note
also that "proper testing" is hard imho. It depends also on host/guest
systems used to test.

>
> That's what git allows for, we don't need an "official" maintainer in the commit
> access sense. Just a trustworthy tree we can pull from.

Having an "official" maintainer means having someone being able to give
his final word if people disagree on how to fix a bug.


Arnaud