Re: [Squashfs-devel] [patch 0/6] First take at squashfs mainlining support patches

[Geert U. <Gee...@so...>]

	Hi Phillip,

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008, Phillip Lougher wrote:
> Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> > Robert> I do not know why you are doing this.  Phillip is already
> > Robert> working on it.  You know this as he has said so on the list.
> > Robert> This just causes trouble for Phillip as he now has to choose
> > Robert> between his work and your work without causing offense.
> > 
> > No offense, but Phillip has been talking about pushing it to mainline
> > for a long time, without much visible results.
> 
> If you'd checked Squashfs CVS recently, you'd have seen I'm working on the
> mainline work now.  The framgment/metadata cache code has been needing a
> rewrite for some years, and it is unlikely it would have passed critical
> review as it stood.  That's been rewritten.

Yes, I've seen that you've been working on this lately. And I'm very happy
about it, as this involves parts of the kernel I'm not familiar with.

> > Several people have
> > offered their help, and I think this is a good start to get the ball
> > rolling in public.
> 
> Some of the patches are good, and I'll apply them.  I'm grateful for the
> effort Geert put into them.

Thanks, I'm glad you see it that way.

> I don't think Robert meant to imply the patches weren't welcome.  Just that
> it's a little weird help is coming now just when I have had to give up work to
> do it myself.  The bus analogy comes to mind here, you wait ages for a bus to
> turn up, and just when you've given up and taken a taxi, three buses all
> arrive at once.

Actually we have a similar feeling: I was assigned this task just before you
took some time off to work on it...

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
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