[Linux-decnet-user] Project News

[Chrissie C. <Chr...@go...>]

Hi All,

Some project news - yes we have news, though it's not much.

Firstly I've cancelled the planned move to fedorahosted as it's taken
them 4 months to do almost nothing. As part of the reason for me wanting
to move was the unresponsiveness and unhelpfulness of Sourceforge, it
seems a little pointless. So we're staying with SF. Considering how few
updates happen to the code and documents anyway this seems sensible.

Secondly, I've sent a patch to the linux-kernel mailing list to orphan
the kernel code. I can't maintain it - I don't have the time, the
expertise or even really the hardware any more. I also hate dealing with
the 'people' on that mailing list (they'll probably bounce my
MAINTAINERS patch for whitespace errors knowing them). Unfortunately
there is a bug in the DECnet kernel code such that any release after
2.6.29 will just oops when trying to make a connection. So I recommend
you steer clear of newer kernels unless you fancy fixing the bug yourself.

I'm not abandoning DECnet totally, I will respond as best I can to any
bug reports, but it's a mature project now, and just does the small
number of things that are asked of it.

Thanks

/Chrissie/