From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp102.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.229.103]:34474 "HELO smtp102.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S2992540AbXCGUPK (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:15:10 -0500 From: David Brownell To: Karel Zak Subject: Re: what happend with hwclock patches? Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:08:24 -0800 Cc: List util-linux-ng References: <200703062006.27793.david-b@pacbell.net> <200703070942.49785.david-b@pacbell.net> <20070307190137.GA26835@petra.dvoda.cz> In-Reply-To: <20070307190137.GA26835@petra.dvoda.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <200703071208.25365.david-b@pacbell.net> Sender: util-linux-ng-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wednesday 07 March 2007 11:01 am, Karel Zak wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:42:49AM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > > > There is active development, see "log" in the devel branch: > > > > > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=log;h=devel > > > > Well, by active development I included "merging patches submitted" e.g. hwclock, > > Sure, but the util-linux-ng is still not in the condition when I'll > merging patches ASAP. There are tons of others and more important > patches, there wasn't any tests, there was broken build system ... > Don't forget that the code has been unmaintained for almost 2 years. I'd call some of that "catching up with the backlog", which is of course one kind of development. OK, so I'm picky; shoot me! I was pleased to see tests getting added. It's as if this were becoming a real software project ... ;) > Please, be patient at least for next 1-2 months. > > BTW, "active" also means that someone answers your mails. I hope you > see the change :-))) Yes indeedy!! > > Also see: > http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/ > > > I believe there is more light now :-) Yes. Worth posting a status update to LKML? - Dave