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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:21:15 +0100
From:   Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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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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 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com