2018-02-14 21:53:39

by Pali Rohár

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Subject: Re: Linux & FAT32 label

On Monday 27 November 2017 13:13:01 Karel Zak wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 08:19:25PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > On Monday 20 November 2017 12:12:56 Karel Zak wrote:
> > > Go ahead and send patch :-) (also with LABEL_FATBOOT=)
> >
> > Ok, I prepared patches for util-linux including LABEL_FATBOOT:
> > https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/compare/master...pali:master
>
> Seems good. I'll wait for official pull request. Thanks!
>
> > I have not created official pull request on github yet as Andreas have
> > not decided yet about dosfstools/fatlabel...
>
> OK.

Looks like that Andreas is not responding to mailing list, nor to
private emails, nor on github for 3-4 months ... I hope he is OK.

But I do not know what happened with dosfstools project now in this
case, if it is going to be fixed or not.

I have prepared more patches for dosfstools project, but do not know if
I should open new pull requests or wait (how long?) or do something
else.

If it helps for somebody, I can create fork of dosfstools project and
include there all changes which I have prepared.

Any opinion? What other people think about this situation right now?

Karel, do you want to create official pull request for above util-linux
changes, even without fixes in dosfstools project?

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2018-02-14 21:55:32

by Pali Rohár

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Subject: Re: Linux & FAT32 label

On Wednesday 14 February 2018 22:52:33 Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Monday 27 November 2017 13:13:01 Karel Zak wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 08:19:25PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > On Monday 20 November 2017 12:12:56 Karel Zak wrote:
> > > > Go ahead and send patch :-) (also with LABEL_FATBOOT=)
> > >
> > > Ok, I prepared patches for util-linux including LABEL_FATBOOT:
> > > https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/compare/master...pali:master
> >
> > Seems good. I'll wait for official pull request. Thanks!
> >
> > > I have not created official pull request on github yet as Andreas have
> > > not decided yet about dosfstools/fatlabel...
> >
> > OK.
>
> Looks like that Andreas is not responding to mailing list, nor to
> private emails, nor on github for 3-4 months ... I hope he is OK.
>
> But I do not know what happened with dosfstools project now in this
> case, if it is going to be fixed or not.
>
> I have prepared more patches for dosfstools project, but do not know if
> I should open new pull requests or wait (how long?) or do something
> else.
>
> If it helps for somebody, I can create fork of dosfstools project and
> include there all changes which I have prepared.
>
> Any opinion? What other people think about this situation right now?
>
> Karel, do you want to create official pull request for above util-linux
> changes, even without fixes in dosfstools project?

CC [email protected] as there can be other people interested
in FAT & dosfstools...

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2018-02-15 10:23:14

by Karel Zak

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Subject: Re: Linux & FAT32 label

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:54:30PM +0100, Pali Roh?r wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 February 2018 22:52:33 Pali Roh?r wrote:
> > On Monday 27 November 2017 13:13:01 Karel Zak wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 08:19:25PM +0100, Pali Roh?r wrote:
> > > > On Monday 20 November 2017 12:12:56 Karel Zak wrote:
> > > > > Go ahead and send patch :-) (also with LABEL_FATBOOT=)
> > > >
> > > > Ok, I prepared patches for util-linux including LABEL_FATBOOT:
> > > > https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/compare/master...pali:master
> > >
> > > Seems good. I'll wait for official pull request. Thanks!
> > >
> > > > I have not created official pull request on github yet as Andreas have
> > > > not decided yet about dosfstools/fatlabel...
> > >
> > > OK.
> >
> > Looks like that Andreas is not responding to mailing list, nor to
> > private emails, nor on github for 3-4 months ... I hope he is OK.
> >
> > But I do not know what happened with dosfstools project now in this
> > case, if it is going to be fixed or not.
> >
> > I have prepared more patches for dosfstools project, but do not know if
> > I should open new pull requests or wait (how long?) or do something
> > else.
> >
> > If it helps for somebody, I can create fork of dosfstools project and
> > include there all changes which I have prepared.

I think fork is possible way if you (or someone else) want to maintain
dosfstools.

Please, try to talk about the current situation with downstream
dosfstools maintainers from Debian, Suse, Fedora/RHEL, Gentoo, ...

It's always good to have support from distros before you fork anything.
Nobody wants to use unmaintained stuff in distros so I guess you will see
positive feedback.

> > Karel, do you want to create official pull request for above util-linux
> > changes, even without fixes in dosfstools project?

I have no problem with the pull request, but if you want to try to
fork dosfstools I can wait for any conclusion.

Karel

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