Re: [Madwifi-devel] Re: [Madwifi-users] HEADS UP: Important project changes
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From: Evan H. <eh...@gm...> - 2005-10-26 23:03:28
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Hi- I see teh note on developer docs, but what is the new word on user doc's? I don't mind helping here when time allows an I make a madwifi upgrade on system's to add note to the doc's, I just do not have the time to do all the user doc's ( behind on work documentation as it is) Evan On 10/23/05, Pablo Osuna <po...@eh...> wrote: > Hi: > > Thanks for this big step in Madwifi. > > I have two questions. First one is related to tw power. I always heard > there were some problems related to changing the tx power. Is this > revised in the new code? > > And second one is related to power save mode. Is it implemented in the > new code? How is set up? > > Thanks: > > Pablo > > El vie, 21-10-2005 a las 23:10 +0200, Michael Renzmann escribi=F3: > > Hi all. > > > > Please read this mail carefully. It is going to be a long text, but it > > contains a lot of important information about changes to the project > > that immediately take effect. > > > > Summary of changes: > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > 1. The project will move most of its services away from sourceforge.net= . > > Our new home is http://madwifi.org [1], which has been officially > > launched today. > > > > 2. We re-introduce web-based project management. Tracking bug reports, > > submitted patches and feature requests will be handled by Trac [2] from > > now on. The Trac interface also consolidate web access to the code > > repository and the documentation wiki. > > > > 3. The code repository has been switched from CVS to Subversion. > > > > 4. The long awaited code from Atheros is now publically available and > > will be used for all further developments from now on. The old codebase > > will be phased out as soon as the new code has been stabilized and > > missing features have been ported. > > > > > > Now for a more verbose explanation. > > > > > > Madwifi's new home > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > As has been discussed [3] a few weeks ago on madwifi-devel, this projec= t > > is facing several problems: lack of project management, lack of > > documentation, lack of transparency, lack of developers, lack of > > development. > > > > It has been decided to free up otherwise bound resources by > > (re-)introducing a bunch of tools to ease project management: Trac [2]. > > While Sourceforge also offers tools for this purpose, the functions > > provided by Trac seem to be by far superiour and easier to use. Refer t= o > > the above mentioned thread for a more detailed description. > > > > The move is now finished. We like to thank the sponsor of the server an= d > > bandwidth (true global communications GmbH [4]) and of the domain name > > (Alvin Olga [5]) for their support. > > > > > > Better project management facility > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > As mentioned above, Trac and Subversion proofed to be a great set of > > tools, worth the work to switch a project over to both. > > > > By now, we asked users to work with the mailing lists in order to > > provide bug reports, patches or feature requests. But mailing lists mak= e > > it hard to track the current status of any of these submissions - for > > the users as well as the developers. You most probably noticed this in > > various ways, by not getting replies to your reports for example. A ver= y > > unsatisfying situtation, we understand that. > > > > The new website offers web-based trackers for bug reports, patches and > > feature requests. It will be much easier to check the current status of > > any reported item, to tell if anyone (and who) is working on them, and > > so on. > > > > The currently open tickets (a ticket is an items in the tracker > > facility) can be checked at [7]. More information about how to use the > > trackers are available at [8]. > > > > Most parts of the documentation wiki have already been ported to the > > Trac wiki, see [9]. The missing parts will be moved soon - please be > > patient. > > > > The project still is out of any documentation for developers. A first > > meassure to help newbies getting used to the driver source might be the > > new cross reference [10]. This reference is automatically generated onc= e > > per hour, based on the bleeding edge code of the driver. > > > > Tarballs of the current code are now offered at > > http://snapshots.madwifi.org. These tarballs are for the new codebase > > (see below). The CVS snapshot archive [11] will be available for some > > time, but will be regarded as being deprecated. > > > > > > Transition from CVS to Subversion > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Subversion is often said to be the successor of CVS. While this isn't > > correct, Subversion has already proofed to be superiour over CVS, makin= g > > it worth to switch over to it. > > > > This transition has been completed sucessfully. The new repository can > > be found at [6], and the repository layout basically follows the > > suggestions given here [12] (main development happens in trunk/, > > branches are stored in branches/, tags are stored in tags/). > > > > Web access to the full repository is provided via Trac, see [13]. > > > > The old CVS repository over at SourceForge is still available, but > > deprecated. Write access to that repository has been turned off a few > > days ago. The complete (old) madwifi source base, including the history= , > > has been imported to the Subversion repository, and can be found at > > cvs-import/ (see also: [14]). > > > > > > Switching to the new code > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D > > Last but not least something that already has caused some confusion (an= d > > probably will continue to cause confusion for a few days - I'm very > > sorry for that). > > > > Much has been spoken about the new code that Atheros announced a few > > months ago. The new functions and the extended support for all currentl= y > > known Atheros chipsets are features eagerly awaited by a lot of people. > > > > A few weeks ago half-public testing of this code was started. The > > purpose of this phase was to find the most obvious bugs and remove them > > before making the code publically available. > > > > Then, by the beginning of this week, I decided to publish the new code. > > In the announcement that I've sent to this list I spoke of "madwifi-ng"= , > > the next generation of Madwifi. After sending out this mail, Bruno > > convinced me that it would be better to finalize the outstanding work > > for madwifi.org, in order to allow a proper switch to the new code. > > Which is what we worked on during the last days. > > > > This means: > > The new code, which has been refered to as madwifi-ng, becomes the new > > codebase for Madwifi. All future development will be based on this code= . > > Missing features will be ported from the "old code". This code has been > > put in the trunk/ of the new Subversion repository. > > > > The old code, that's basically the code that has been hosted in the CVS > > repository up to now, will be freezed. Apart from fixing severe bugs no > > changes will be applied to it. This code has been put in the > > "madwifi-old" branch, available at branches/madwifi-old in the new > > Subversion repository. > > > > People who use Madwifi in a productive environment should stick with > > madwifi-old for now, until the new code stabilized enough for productio= n > > use. Anyone else is encouraged to try the new code, which will help us > > to weed out remaining bugs. We hope to come to a stable state soon, > > which will end up in the first production release of Madwifi. > > > > In case you're still confused you might want to take a look at [15]. > > This hopefully clears things up. If not, feel free to ask. > > > > > > Final words > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > We hope that the new website will improve the productivity of users as > > well as of developers, and that it will become a lot easier for > > interested parties to contribute to the driver. We're sorry for any > > inconvenience that these steps might cause to anyone, but we're also > > convinced that the result will compensate that. > > > > Last but not least: we want to hear about your oppinion. What do you > > think about madwifi.org? Do you have any ideas for further improvements= ? > > Would you like to help out? Please, speak up! > > > > > > Links > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > [1] http://madwifi.org > > [2] http://www.edgewall.com/trac/ > > [3] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.madwifi.devel/1421 > > [4] http://www.tgc.de > > [5] http://madwifi.net/ > > [6] http://svn.madwifi.net > > [7] http://madwifi.org/report/1 > > [8] http://madwifi.org/wiki/TracReports > > [9] http://madwifi.org/wiki > > [10] http://lxr.madwifi.org > > [11] http://madwifi.otaku42.de > > [12] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch04s07.html#svn-ch-4-sect-7.1 > > [13] http://madwifi.org/browser > > [14] http://madwifi.org/browser/cvs-import > > [15] http://madwifi.org/wiki/NewCodebase > > > > > > Thanks for your attention. > > > > Bye, Mike > > > > PS: I'll be offline until monday, so answers from me might take a littl= e > > longer. 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