Re: [Linux-decnet-user] Project News
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From: John F. <jo...@fo...> - 2009-11-18 18:21:50
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Thanks for all your work supporting decnet for linux. And best of luck with your future endeavors. On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Chrissie Caulfield wrote: > 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/ > Project Home Page: http://linux-decnet.wiki.sourceforge.net/ > Linux-decnet-user mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-decnet-user |