On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:25:23PM +0900, Horms wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 09:21:12AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 08:38:56AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > tags 272029 +upstream > > > thanks > > > > > > Please get feature-patches merged upstream before bugging us, thanks. > > > > Upstream rejected them untill they're "a lot more commonly used", which can > > also be read as "supported in major distributions like Debian". Considering > > your opinion then the patches should go to /dev/null? > > > > Where are we going? FATX support is non-disruptive (Separate module from > > vfat. It won't even be loaded at all unless the user wants it). What are > > the problems with it? If your concern is with the release process, I can > > understand, and don't mind leaving this as post-sarge. > > I would suggest making a kernel-patch package. > That seems to be the correct vehicle for new features to me.
And getting the FATX patches merged into 2.6 would also be a good precursor to getting them merged into 2.4 or Debain's kernel package. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
