Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:33:27 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org, mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com, freebsd-bugbusters@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: USB issues (not just Re: PR backlog) Message-ID: <20071227.103327.-749251578.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200712271216.22436.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com> References: <200712271000.50995@aldan> <20071227.085247.1723236220.imp@bsdimp.com> <200712271216.22436.mi%2Bmill@aldan.algebra.com>
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In message: <200712271216.22436.mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com> Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com> writes: : =DE=C5=D4=D7=C5=D2 27 =C7=D2=D5=C4=C5=CE=D8 2007 10:52 =C4=CF, M. War= ner Losh =F7=C9 =CE=C1=D0=C9=D3=C1=CC=C9: : > Usually that's called a maintainer, but we haven't had a real one i= n a : > long time. Or even a fake one. : = : Well, you responded to me earlier suggesting, I take it upon myself t= o merge = : USB-advancements from 7.x to 6.x. That implied, somebody did somethin= g for = : 7.x, did not it? Can that body (whoever they are) not put on the vaca= nt = : USB-maintainer hat and push the fixes/improvements into 6.x (preferab= ly -- = : before the 6.3 is released unto the world)? If not that same person, = then, = : maybe, the people, whom you mention below as "looking at Hans' new st= ack", = : can do the merging? I did the bulk of the work for the 7.0 stuff, at least getting things into the tree. Since I did the work, my last job got totally insane and then I switched jobs. I don't have the time needed to do this. : But if somebody is, indeed, working on a new USB stack, that's : terrific news. It also implies, we might get a USB-maintainer some : time soon. I just want it soon/er/, because it has been far too long : already... We can all agree that this is long overdue. But we need to make sure of a few critical details so we don't create another mess for ourselves down the line. Warner
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