Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:52:00 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: contrib-utized am-utils? Message-ID: <199806280452.VAA17306@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:57:43 EDT." <23843.898981063@brown.pfcs.com>
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> > > I've contrib-utized am-utils, which should be a replacement for the current > > > amd stuff. > > > > > > The stuff I've done is suitable for both -stable and -current. > > > > > > Anybody have the time/inclination to review and commit? > > > > Have you addressed the stability and configuration issues? > > > > I recall that there were some comments regarding problems that had been > > experienced with am-utils, and I don't recall hearing whether they were > > commandline-compatible or whether we are looking at changes to the /etc/ > > files to match... > > Thanks for your response. > > I didn't mess with the "content" of am-utils. > > Folks were complaining that amd is old and buggy, and is missing features > that were in am-utils. > > I just contrib-utized the beast, in a way that it will work for both > -current and -stable, and future versions of am-utils should just drop-in. Ok; I understood that bit. > There was a flurry of email about "ports or contrib", because there was > general agreement that folks *wanted* to convert from amd to am-utils, and > all that was needed was for somebody to step up to the plate and do the > work. There is a an open bug report (bin/6353, as I recall) on this, too. > > Based on this, I decided to do the work. > > If y'all are now no longer interested in it, that's fine - just let me > know, and I won't spend/waste any more of my time or y'all's on things like > this. I'm certain that we're *very* interested; I just recall a couple of issues being brought up, and wanted to clarify whether they'd been addressed. While the effort you've put into contribifying am-utils is appreciated, the integration doesn't stop there. Without asking you what other steps you've taken, how can we evaluate your submission? eg. Do you have anyone testing am-utils as contribified in a production environment? (Is the committer going to get flamed for committing something that's busted?) How does configuration change for the new tools (if it does)? Do we have any conversion documentation (if required)? I'd like to work with you on this, I just need more data. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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