Debian Bug report logs - #502121
RFP: sreadahead -- Super Read Ahead

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: ITP: sreadahead -- Super Read Ahead

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:16:55 +0200

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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org>


* Package name    : sreadahead
  Version         : 0.02
  Upstream Author : Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
* URL             : http://www.moblin.org/projects/fast-boot
* License         : GPL-2
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Super Read Ahead

sReadahead is based on Fedora Readahead, but is modified to take 
advantage of the kernel's new list of blocks read.
.
It allows the user to specify a set of files to be read into the page 
cache to accelerate first time loading of programs, typically during the boot
sequence.

This is just a basic ITP. Real work starts later.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

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

From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>

To: Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org>, 502121@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#502121: ITP: sreadahead -- Super Read Ahead

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:25:29 -0700

The description is wrong.

sReadAhead is NOT based on the Fedora read ahead at all.

Message #20 received at 502121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Julian Andres Klode" <jak@jak-linux.org>

To: "Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@linux.intel.com>

Cc: 502121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#502121: ITP: sreadahead -- Super Read Ahead

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:29:21 +0200

2008/10/13 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>:
> The description is wrong.
>
> sReadAhead is NOT based on the Fedora read ahead at all.
>
Sorry, i read it on http://lwn.net/Articles/299483/


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Message #33 received at 502121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Resul Cetin <Resul-Cetin@gmx.net>

To: 502121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [wnpp]

Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:21:17 +0200

Package: wnpp

Some things changed in the project.

New website: http://code.google.com/p/sreadahead/
Version:     1.0

A patch for the current kernel is needed to enable open tracing. The rest 
should work better than readahead. No more ext3 dependency is needed anymore.

Message #38 received at 502121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>

To: Resul Cetin <Resul-Cetin@gmx.net>, 502121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#502121: [wnpp]

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:25:58 +0200

On 2009-04-21 at 22:21:17 +0200, Resul Cetin <Resul-Cetin@gmx.net> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> 
> Some things changed in the project.
> 
> New website: http://code.google.com/p/sreadahead/
> Version:     1.0
> 
> A patch for the current kernel is needed to enable open tracing. The rest 
> should work better than readahead. No more ext3 dependency is needed anymore.

Thanks for the info. I'll wait with the packaging until the patch has
made it upstream and is available in the Debian kernel. IMO it doesn't
make much sense to create a package which needs manual kernel patching
by the user.

Thanks, Tobias

Message #45 received at 502121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: trentbuck@gmail.com

To: 502121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#502121: [wnpp]

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:25:53 +1000

Twelve months ago, Tobias Klauser wrote:
> On 2009-04-21 at 22:21:17 +0200, Resul Cetin <Resul-Cetin@gmx.net> wrote:
>> New website: http://code.google.com/p/sreadahead/
>> A patch for the current kernel is needed to enable open tracing.
>
> I'll wait with the packaging until the patch has made it upstream
> and is available in the Debian kernel.

AFAICT the patch is not applied to Linus' git tree yet.  If applying
it is/was under discussion, could you link to the mailing list thread?
AFAICT it isn't applied to Debian's linux-source-2.6.33 version
2.6.33-1~experimental.4, either.

It looks like Ubuntu adopted it, and it was useful for SSDs:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2009-March/027726.html

But it appears to be superseded by ureadahead:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/sreadahead
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/ureadahead
https://launchpad.net/ureadahead

...which is an Ubuntu fork of sreadahead?  The last change to
sreadahead was Apr 2009, the ureadahead changes range from Oct 2009 to
Nov 2009.  Both require a kernel patch.

FWIW, Fedora's readahead is being actively modified as at Mar 2010
(last month).

Message #50 received at 502121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>

To: trentbuck@gmail.com, 502121@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#502121: [wnpp]

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:36:55 +0200

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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 08:25:53PM +1000, trentbuck@gmail.com wrote:
> Twelve months ago, Tobias Klauser wrote:
> > On 2009-04-21 at 22:21:17 +0200, Resul Cetin <Resul-Cetin@gmx.net> wrote:
> >> New website: http://code.google.com/p/sreadahead/
> >> A patch for the current kernel is needed to enable open tracing.
> >
> > I'll wait with the packaging until the patch has made it upstream
> > and is available in the Debian kernel.
> 
> AFAICT the patch is not applied to Linus' git tree yet.  If applying
> it is/was under discussion, could you link to the mailing list thread?
> AFAICT it isn't applied to Debian's linux-source-2.6.33 version
> 2.6.33-1~experimental.4, either.
> 
> It looks like Ubuntu adopted it, and it was useful for SSDs:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2009-March/027726.html
> 
> But it appears to be superseded by ureadahead:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/sreadahead
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/ureadahead
> https://launchpad.net/ureadahead
> 
> ...which is an Ubuntu fork of sreadahead?  The last change to
> sreadahead was Apr 2009, the ureadahead changes range from Oct 2009 to
> Nov 2009.  Both require a kernel patch.

The last change to sreadahead was Wednesday April 28 2010:
   http://meego.gitorious.org/meego-os-base/sreadahead

And I still fail to see the use of ureadahead instead of improving
sreadahead.

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See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.

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Message #55 received at 502121@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>

To: 502121@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: sreadahead: changing back from ITP to RFP

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:02:38 +0000

retitle 502121 RFP: sreadahead -- Super Read Ahead
noowner 502121
thanks

Hi,

This is an automatic email to change the status of sreadahead back from ITP
(Intent to Package) to RFP (Request for Package), because this bug hasn't seen
any activity during the last 6 months.

If you are still interested in adopting sreadahead, please send a mail to
<control@bugs.debian.org> with:

 retitle 502121 ITP: sreadahead -- Super Read Ahead
 owner 502121 !
 thanks

However, it is not recommended to keep ITP for a long time without acting on
the package, as it might cause other prospective maintainers to refrain from
packaging that software. It is also a good idea to document your progress on
this ITP from time to time, by mailing <502121@bugs.debian.org>.

Thank you for your interest in Debian,
-- 
Lucas, for the QA team <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>

Message #64 received at 502121-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>

To: 436722-done@bugs.debian.org, 490997-done@bugs.debian.org, 502121-done@bugs.debian.org, 559750-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Closing RFP bugs for discontinued software

Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:30:35 +0200

I

hereby close the following bugs:

436722: RFP: jockey -- user interface and desktop integration for driver management
490997: RFP: mayanna -- A fork of gimmie, an elegant desktop organizer 
502121: RFP: sreadahead -- Super Read Ahead
559750: RFP: ubuntuone-storage-protocol -- Python library for Ubuntu One file storage and sharing service

All these projects are dead upstream, and Ubuntu One does not
even exist as a service anymore.

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See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.

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