Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:22:58 +0100 | From | Alain Knaff <> | Subject | Re: The bzip2/lzma patches |
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Sam Ravnborg wrote: > Hi Alain. > >> If I may suggest something: what if *YOU* provided a patch (or series of >> patches, or whatever you like) complying to your high stylistic >> requirements > > hpa does not have any high stylistic requirments he just have good taste. > He simply ask you do do a better job and if you want this in then > please follow his advice. > > Asking him to do the job you want to have done is just not the way forward. > > Sam
Thanks for the advice. You're right, this is not the way forward. I must admit that I did indeed an huge mistake with this patch.
I've initially developed it a couple of years ago for use in udpcast. Once done, regular attention was needed for it to adapt it to new kernels. At one point in time (this September), I figured that I could save that maintenance effort by getting it integrated into the mainline kernel. At the same time, I figured, other developers of embedded systems could profit from it. A win-win situation. Or so I thought.
However, now that I look back on the 3 past months, I figure that the amount of effort that I poured into this was disproportionate compared to what I used to spend on maintaining it out of kernel. Even if I continued evolving it until the end of my life, I would spend _less_ time on it than I did in the last 3 months.
My conclusion is that I'll continue like I did before last summer: to maintain it on my own website (http://udpcast.linux.lu/source.html) along with udpcast.
Anybody is still welcome to use it as he sees fit. If a brave soul with more patience than me wants to plead with the powers-that-be to get it into official kernel, he has my support. But for myself, I give up on this quest, it is simply too much hassle to be worthwhile...
Regards,
Alain
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