Debian Bug report logs - #218923
please create debian-kernels mailing list

Package: lists.debian.org; Maintainer for lists.debian.org is Debian Listmaster Team <listmaster@lists.debian.org>;

Reported by: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>

Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:03:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 219826

Done: joe@nahmias.net (Joe Nahmias)

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From: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: please create debian-kernels mailing list
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:00:44 +0100
Package: lists.debian.org
Severity: wishlist

Name: debian-kernels

Rationale: A list to facilitate the maintenance of Debian kernels (linux,bsd,hurd).
	   Like the debian-gcc and debian-glibc lists, bug reports (and
           VCS messages) would go there as well as general
           discussion of kernel and patches maintenance, porting etc.
	   The main goal is cohordination of all kernels related packages.

Short description: Debian packaging of kernels and kernel patches.

Long description: Discussion on Debian packaging of linux and non-linux
		  kernels and available patches and flavors: bug
                  reports, porting issues, any kind of questions or
                  patches.

Category: developers

Subscription Policy: open
Post Policy: open

Web archive: yes

It has been already proposed in -private and -devel with good interest
and general approvation. This is coherent with existent debian-gcc
and debian-glibc.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux klecker 2.4.22-1-686 #6 Sat Oct 4 14:09:08 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=it_IT.ISO-8859-15@euro, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.ISO-8859-15@euro




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Message #10 received at 218923@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>
To: 218923@bugs.debian.org, 219826@bugs.debian.org
Cc: control@bugs.debian.org, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>, Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>, Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
Subject: Please provide more information for this list
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:20:27 +1100
merge 218923 219826
thanks mate

Hi,

        At this point in time the listmaster team feels that there is
no need for this list. We cannot see the demand for it, or the
discussion that would occur on it. In particular, we would like to see
if any of the current debian kernel maintainers feel this is a worthy
list.

        If you agree with this, please consider closing this bug
report, otherwise please provide us with more people to second this
list's creation, and links to discussions that should have taken place
on this list but couldn't because this list didn't exist.

        Regards,

Pasc


-- 
Pascal Hakim                                            +61 4 0341 1672



Merged 218923 219826. Request was from Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Martin Schulze and others <listmaster@lists.debian.org>:
Bug#218923; Package lists.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Martin Schulze and others <listmaster@lists.debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #17 received at 218923@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
To: Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>
Cc: 218923@bugs.debian.org, 219826@bugs.debian.org, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>, Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>, Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Please provide more information for this list
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:49:23 +0100
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 07:20:27PM +1100, Pascal Hakim wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>         At this point in time the listmaster team feels that there is
> no need for this list. We cannot see the demand for it, or the
> discussion that would occur on it. In particular, we would like to see
> if any of the current debian kernel maintainers feel this is a worthy
> list.

Well, the main point, is that there is no communication open between the
different kernel maintainers. And, well, as i am the powerpc kernel
maintainer, and i asked for the creation of such a list, don't you think
that this respond to your question ? 

Also, communicating with herbert over normal mail is a difficult thing,
since he sets is reply to to his other address, which considers my isp
as a spammer, despite this not being the case, so ...

>         If you agree with this, please consider closing this bug
> report, otherwise please provide us with more people to second this
> list's creation, and links to discussions that should have taken place
> on this list but couldn't because this list didn't exist.

I don't really agree with this, i think it would be usefull for a list
where all kernel maintainers are subscribed to, and where one could
benefit from the questions, interogations of all the others, and where
we could plan for improvement of kernel-package together.

But then, i am only one kernel maintainer, i have no idea if the others
are also interested, nor who most of them are.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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Message #22 received at 218923@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
To: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>, 218923@bugs.debian.org, 219826@bugs.debian.org, Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>, tytso@mit.edu, bcollins@debian.org, srivasta@debian.org, herbert@debian.org, mdz@debian.org, willy@debian.org, dan@debian.org, bunk@fs.tum.de
Subject: Re: Please provide more information for this list
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:41:31 +0100

[ Sorry for bothering all of you with this mine, but I'm simply contacting
people involved in kernels hacking (also non specifically for debian) in order
to know your thoughts about this issue: that's the debian-kernels ML
proposal. Please answer on BTS ]





On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 12:49:23PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 07:20:27PM +1100, Pascal Hakim wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >         At this point in time the listmaster team feels that there is
> > no need for this list. We cannot see the demand for it, or the
> > discussion that would occur on it. In particular, we would like to see
> > if any of the current debian kernel maintainers feel this is a worthy
> > list.
> 
> Well, the main point, is that there is no communication open between the
> different kernel maintainers. And, well, as i am the powerpc kernel
> maintainer, and i asked for the creation of such a list, don't you think
> that this respond to your question ? 
> 

That's exactly the point why I asked for creation of that list.
There is not simply a single point of communication for debian-specific
kernels-related issues. The same for available/possible patches and
port-related kernel issues.

> Also, communicating with herbert over normal mail is a difficult thing,
> since he sets is reply to to his other address, which considers my isp
> as a spammer, despite this not being the case, so ...
> 
> >         If you agree with this, please consider closing this bug
> > report, otherwise please provide us with more people to second this
> > list's creation, and links to discussions that should have taken place
> > on this list but couldn't because this list didn't exist.
> 
> I don't really agree with this, i think it would be usefull for a list
> where all kernel maintainers are subscribed to, and where one could
> benefit from the questions, interogations of all the others, and where
> we could plan for improvement of kernel-package together.
> 

Absolutely yes. But I'm the proposer for the list and my idea about
is clear. We have already this kind of cohordination list for gcc and
glibc, I see no reason to leave kernels (both linux and hurd) 
to personal sporadic communications and BTS.

> But then, i am only one kernel maintainer, i have no idea if the others
> are also interested, nor who most of them are.
> 

And that's one of the problem. But for Herbert and Manoj, that's not 
immediate visibility on who works on what for kernels related packages.


-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine



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Message #27 received at 218923@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
To: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
Cc: Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>, 218923@bugs.debian.org, 219826@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Please provide more information for this list
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 12:07:20 -0500
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 01:41:31PM +0100, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
> > >         If you agree with this, please consider closing this bug
> > > report, otherwise please provide us with more people to second this
> > > list's creation, and links to discussions that should have taken place
> > > on this list but couldn't because this list didn't exist.

The discussions which should have taken place on this list generally
took place in private mail copied to an (outdated) list of a dozen
platform kernel maintainers.

I think it's a good idea.  But then, I'm an example of why there should
be a list - I no longer maintain the PPC kernels, Sven does.  But when
people need to notify all the kernel maintainers of something they
still often contact me instead.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer



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Message #32 received at 218923@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
To: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
Cc: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>, Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>, 218923@bugs.debian.org, 219826@bugs.debian.org, Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>, tytso@mit.edu, bcollins@debian.org, herbert@debian.org, mdz@debian.org, willy@debian.org, dan@debian.org, bunk@fs.tum.de
Subject: Re: Please provide more information for this list
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:43:13 -0600
Hi,

        I think this list would be a nice idea. We also should invite
 in people maintaining module packages for debian, to be better able
 to coordinate cooperation between image and module packages.

	manoj
-- 
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down. Woody Allen
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Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Martin Schulze and others <listmaster@lists.debian.org>:
Bug#218923; Package lists.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Martin Schulze and others <listmaster@lists.debian.org>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #37 received at 218923@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>
To: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>, Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>, 218923@bugs.debian.org, 219826@bugs.debian.org, Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>, tytso@mit.edu, bcollins@debian.org, herbert@debian.org, mdz@debian.org, willy@debian.org, dan@debian.org, bunk@fs.tum.de
Subject: Re: Please provide more information for this list
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:19:28 +0100
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 02:43:13PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>         I think this list would be a nice idea. We also should invite
>  in people maintaining module packages for debian, to be better able
>  to coordinate cooperation between image and module packages.

Ah, hadn't thought about those, but naturally, being a module maintainer
also myself, i believe this would indeed be a good idea too.

Thanks manoj.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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Message #42 received at 218923-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: joe@nahmias.net (Joe Nahmias)
To: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org
Cc: 218923-done@bugs.debian.org, 219826-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Welcome to the new debian-kernel list!
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:06:37 -0500 (EST)
Hello,

	I have just created the debian-kernel list:

	Discussion about kernels used with Debian (Linux, Hurd,
	etc.), available patches and flavors, packaging issues,
	bug reports, porting issues, automated tools, and any
	other questions or patches that are kernel-related.


Enjoy!

--Joe



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