Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng

[Ian Kent <ikent@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 08:52 +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> 
>  I'm pleased to announce a new "util-linux-ng" project. This project
>  is a fork of the original util-linux (2.13-pre7). 

Perhaps forwarding this to fs-devel would be good also.

> 
>  The goal of the project is to move util-linux code back to useful state, sync
>  with actual distributions and kernel and make development more transparent end
>  open.
> 
>  The short term goals (for 2.13 release):
> 
> 	- remove all NFS code from util-linux-ng 
>           (/sbin/mount.nfs from nfs-utils is replacement)
> 	- remove FS/device detection code
>           (libblkid from e2fsprogs or libvolumeid is replacement)
> 	- move as much as possible patches from distributions to upstream
> 
>  Mailing list:
>    http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#util-linux-ng
> 
>  FTP:
>    ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/
> 
>  GIT:
>    git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git util-linux-ng
> 
>    [Note, GIT repo contains previous 47 versions of util-linux.]
> 
>         
>  The mailing list or my private e-mail are open for your patches, ideas and
>  suggestion. The mailing list is also place where you can help us review
>  patches.
> 
>     Karel
>