From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161107AbWF0PcA (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:32:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161109AbWF0PcA (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:32:00 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:14087 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161107AbWF0Pb7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:31:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:31:58 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig?= Brady Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: util-linux status Message-ID: <20060627153158.GB13915@stusta.de> References: <44A13AFE.3080107@draigBrady.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <44A13AFE.3080107@draigBrady.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 03:04:46PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote: > What is the status of util-linux? > There doesn't seem to be anything significant > released in about 1.5 years now. > > I'm worried about patches getting lost, > especially since there were a large number > of thirdparty bugs/patches referenced in > the changelog for 2004. > > Personally I submitted a patch in 2004 that was > merged immediately, then I sent a simple bug fix > early in 2005 that has never been released. >... > This is the timeline over the last while as I see it: > > 23 Sep 2005 ----------------------------------------2.12r > cfdisk: fix a segfault with ReiserFS partitions > umount: disallow -r option for non-root users > 20 Jan 2005 ----------------------------------------2.12q > updated translations > 01 Jan 2005 ----------------------------------------Maintainership change > 23 Dec 2004 ----------------------------------------2.12p > : > : many changes in 16 versions > : > 05 Mar 2004 ----------------------------------------2.12a What is missing in your timeline are the 2.13-pre releases that contain everything I've done. But I know I have a big backlog of util-linux emails, and I hope having soon some spare time for handing them. > Pádraig. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed