Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng

From: Ian Kent
Date: Mon Dec 18 2006 - 03:40:30 EST


On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 08:52 +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
>
> I'm pleased to announce a new "util-linux-ng" project. This project
> is a fork of the original util-linux (2.13-pre7).

Perhaps forwarding this to fs-devel would be good also.

>
> The goal of the project is to move util-linux code back to useful state, sync
> with actual distributions and kernel and make development more transparent end
> open.
>
> The short term goals (for 2.13 release):
>
> - remove all NFS code from util-linux-ng
> (/sbin/mount.nfs from nfs-utils is replacement)
> - remove FS/device detection code
> (libblkid from e2fsprogs or libvolumeid is replacement)
> - move as much as possible patches from distributions to upstream
>
> Mailing list:
> http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#util-linux-ng
>
> FTP:
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/
>
> GIT:
> git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git util-linux-ng
>
> [Note, GIT repo contains previous 47 versions of util-linux.]
>
>
> The mailing list or my private e-mail are open for your patches, ideas and
> suggestion. The mailing list is also place where you can help us review
> patches.
>
> Karel
>

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