* Re: what happend with hwclock patches? [not found] <200703062006.27793.david-b@pacbell.net> @ 2007-03-07 10:42 ` Karel Zak 2007-03-07 17:42 ` David Brownell 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Karel Zak @ 2007-03-07 10:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: David Brownell; +Cc: List util-linux-ng On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:06:27PM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > See > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8138 Thanks for this link. The patch is not applied yet. Maybe I should release a snapshot (at least) with urgent things like hwclock or some mount patches. But I think you should ask downstream (your distribution) maitainer to apply these kind of patches. They have pretty stable util-linux packages now. I'll need few weeks to prepare useful util-linux-ng release. (I'm going to add the patch to Fedora tree.) > I see there's a GIT archive but you don't seem to have merged the patch I sent > you back in November ... and the GIT tree doesn't show any active development, > no commits except syncing to old releases. Please, don't use broken gitweb at kernel.org or use it very carefully. 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 Number of applied patches: $ git rev-list --pretty=oneline devel ^master | wc -l 52 Number of patches in queue: $ ls util-* | wc -l 49 The good news is that I have more time and I work on that full time now. Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: what happend with hwclock patches? 2007-03-07 10:42 ` what happend with hwclock patches? Karel Zak @ 2007-03-07 17:42 ` David Brownell 2007-03-07 19:01 ` Karel Zak 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: David Brownell @ 2007-03-07 17:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Karel Zak; +Cc: List util-linux-ng On Wednesday 07 March 2007 2:42 am, Karel Zak wrote: > Thanks for this link. The patch is not applied yet. Maybe I should > release a snapshot (at least) with urgent things like hwclock or some > mount patches. Something like that would probably be a good thing. The visibility that patches are finally getting released will help restart machinery that's had sand in its gears for way too long. > But I think you should ask downstream (your distribution) maitainer > to apply these kind of patches. They have pretty stable util-linux > packages now. I'll need few weeks to prepare useful util-linux-ng release. > > (I'm going to add the patch to Fedora tree.) Thing is, distros are more likely to notice an updated util-linux package than Yet Another Patch That Should Have Come From Upstream ... and the issue is not _my_ distro (heck, I patched my systems directly) but every distro that could potentially run a 2.6.21 kernel. I am *NOT* in touch with many such maintainers. > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:06:27PM -0800, David Brownell wrote: > > > I see there's a GIT archive but you don't seem to have merged the patch I sent > > you back in November ... and the GIT tree doesn't show any active development, > > no commits except syncing to old releases. > > Please, don't use broken gitweb at kernel.org or use it very carefully. > > 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, but it's also rather conventional to have patches show up on mainline instead of only on branches. See for example the kernel tree, or essentially any other tree... It stiil doesn't *show* that development in the usual way. Attributing the issue to gitweb isn't relevant; lots of people don't know more than "git pull", and if that doesn't give them updates, they effectively didn't happen. > The good news is that I have more time and I work on that full time > now. That's good to know. As you're well aware, the fact that this package is an orphan has made trouble. No real release since 2005, etc ... - Dave ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: what happend with hwclock patches? 2007-03-07 17:42 ` David Brownell @ 2007-03-07 19:01 ` Karel Zak 2007-03-07 20:08 ` David Brownell 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Karel Zak @ 2007-03-07 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: David Brownell; +Cc: List util-linux-ng 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. 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 :-))) > but it's also rather conventional to have patches show up on mainline instead of > only on branches. See for example the kernel tree, or essentially any other tree... > > It stiil doesn't *show* that development in the usual way. Attributing the issue > to gitweb isn't relevant; lots of people don't know more than "git pull", and if > that doesn't give them updates, they effectively didn't happen. $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git util-linux-ng $ git checkout -f devel $ git log Well, we're very exotic. We use branches. There is: $ cat .git/remotes/origin URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git Pull: refs/heads/master:refs/heads/origin Pull: refs/heads/devel:refs/heads/devel after "git clone", so I don't see any problem with "git pull". You should see updates in the 'devel' branch as well. Also see: http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng/ I believe there is more light now :-) Karel -- Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: what happend with hwclock patches? 2007-03-07 19:01 ` Karel Zak @ 2007-03-07 20:08 ` David Brownell 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: David Brownell @ 2007-03-07 20:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Karel Zak; +Cc: List util-linux-ng 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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