Distrowatch > linux

[Jaime Buffery]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 12:17:06PM +0200, Zbigniew ?uszpi?ski wrote:
> > A couple a things:
> >
> > * Linux module is normally well maintained.
> 
> It's obvious. Everybody needs it.
If 30 mins after the release has been broadcasted, you update the module in new 
(for the sake of the example) and the maintainer -believe me, there is one, 
though maybe you don't know who, but you can get to know if you drop in #lunar 
or check for yourself the old commits- hasn't had a sec to review it, it can 
wait a little more. My point is more towards asking you to wait a little more 
before submitting well maintained modules, since most probably the dev is 
already taking care of it.
 
> > Would be better if you kept track of more unmaintained modules.
> 
> They are tracked. But their life ends in svn->new and my zlocal. I updated to 
> current version modules I use. If even these modules are not imported to 
> moonbase I see no sense of updating other. Popular modules like linux have 
> chance to be in moonbase. I maintain modules which I use. Kernel is one of 
> such modules. I do module updates for myself and drop them to lunar svn also. 
> I can keep them for myself only if you wish.
That is not what I meant.
 
> > Obviously, I am not saying your  submission is not welcomed ;)))))
> 
> ??? Thats strange. Your mail have rather opposite meaning.
Not really. I'm just asking you to take a little more time before submitting to 
new.
 
> OK. I was not sure if you see svn->new commits. But if commit changelog is 
> tracked - no more update posts.
Thanks.
 
> > Yet, if by any chance, something like Linux had been left behind for a good
> > while, I would think it would be reasonable to knock on the door and say
> > "¡hey, bump it!"
> 
> ...and the answer usually is "have no time". Most modules have no personal 
> maintainer field so such contact is not possible.
Again, #lunar is open. If someone has no time, you will see it not bumped. 
Therefore you could request the bump yourself, as I have pointed out above.
 
> greets,
> Zbigniew 'zbiggy' Luszpinski

Ciao,
nestu.