From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Edward Shishkin Subject: Re: Fwd: bug#22113: Initial Reiser4 patch for Parted Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:38:48 +0100 Message-ID: <566AFC18.7090102@gmail.com> References: <20151208185941.GR2772@lister.brianlane.com> <5667FBF9.70107@gmail.com> <20151210162146.GC2721@lister.brianlane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8aDQgfngRJ9SsHk5684p22W2p7tTnqFNIkhzQPT7K+k=; b=u5fbnMSRBU7yEZM2hhTx4FuEKUp7Tc0fzBvtVn9dJ+baG/7SsmRSTPavhrqhfh7pDW dXEv5buu/RyDjDRMnKJMwalMUWoYVpTotqjf5TYo4YDbemXzEIaqtFCw2c5/8GAVWk1C fs4j3MgEyEyXPLuNjCURTtMtJda1ZiOgPMMepOuj5BKp8qCrmRR4OgMY+/QKza3fNbcq 0YJBv9JYBGoenKr/QaIt3jXQUmSAdLXUnlxCzy6B1ecV4/iOAf8iCIvyN8E9Rag/zL9H 7BKZw1eDuGjQxUk/jkL83o4XVCsalkD+qlWPojnleU1CmWR5FwV8Ewka0jBaByMuHIjq tJBA== In-Reply-To: Sender: reiserfs-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Jose R R , ReiserFS Development List What can I say... Of course, we can complain to RMS, but they will find a reason to not include it... I have uploaded your patch here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/patches This is for distributions who maintain their own forks of GNU parted. Thanks! Edward. On 12/11/2015 02:35 AM, Jose R R wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jose R R > Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:15 PM > Subject: Re: bug#22113: Initial Reiser4 patch for Parted > To: 22113@debbugs.gnu.org > Cc: Edward Shishkin > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Brian C. Lane wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 09, 2015 at 11:01:29AM +0100, Edward Shishkin wrote: >>> I wouldn't refer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser4 as "homepage": >>> this resource is completely unmoderated. >>> The actual stuff about reiser4 can be found here: >>> https://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org >> Thanks for the correction. I'm still not interested. I have absolutely >> no desire to see Reiser's work or name do anything but disappear into >> obscurity. > Then, for the sake of not making other potential Reiser4 contributors > lose their time -- falsely believing in the technical meritocracy of > FOSS -- I suggest that you place the above statement at the GNU Parted > site. > > Last I read (< http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/ >) *before > submitting my Reiser4 patch* I could not find a notice *explicitly* > stating that Reiser4 work is not to be evaluated on its technical > merits but rather on a personal 'morality', religious fanaticism, > and/or subjective 'altruism' and/or prejudice. I even checked for the > relevant 'Reiser' string at the development site (< > http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/parted/ >) with NULL results. > > Notwithstanding, selectively applying a personal subjective criteria > to Reiser4 and not, say JFS for instance, seems more of a > contradictory attitude --as code contributions from organizations with > exponentially darker backgrounds (< > http://listverse.com/2013/10/24/10-big-business-nazi-profiteers/ >) > than Reiser are included -- specifically in Parted -- without > compunction. > > > Best Professional Regards. > > -- > Jose R R > http://metztli.it