[OpenAFS-devel] Re: mod_waklog sourceforge project
Aaron Knister
aaronk@umbc.edu
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:02:51 -0400
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Well I can tell you that from a developer perspective UMBC really has given
that baby up for adoption. Upper management views OpenAFS as a liability
(don't get me started...) and seems to believe CIFS and or NFS are better
cross-platform, WAN-accessible filesystems.
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Adam Megacz <megacz@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> Unfortunately I am really swamped right now and won't be able to deal with
> the patches for at least a few weeks.
>
> I am fine with you having access to the sourceforge project, but it's not
> solely my call.... I made a bunch of improvements to mod_waklog, but it's
> really the UMich and UMBC peoples's baby. I'm CC'ing them and the openafs
> list in case their email addresses have changed; if they are okay with it
> I'm happy to hand over the project to you.
>
> - a
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:06 AM, Ken Dreyer wrote:
> > Hey Adam,
> >
> > There's a couple patches floating around for mod_waklog. I'm not sure
> > what your current availability is - do you have time to merge these
> > into the upstream repository on SourceForge?
> >
> > If you're very busy, could you give me commit access? My SourceForge
> > username is ktdreyer.
> >
> > - Ken
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer@ktdreyer.com>
> > Date: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:03 AM
> > Subject: patches for mod_waklog
> > To: Aaron Knister <aaronk@umbc.edu>
> >
> >
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > I'm packaging up mod_waklog for Fedora, and I saw your patches on your
> > website [1]. Thanks for publishing these! I had two questions:
> >
> > 1) In the _GNU_SOURCE patch, would it be simpler to reduce that "ifdef
> > _GNU_SOURCE + else" to an "ifndef" ?
> >
> > 2) Did you try to get these patches upstream? I would like to get them
> > into the official git repo on SourceForge if possible.
> >
> > - Ken
> >
> > http://userpages.umbc.edu/~aaronk/waklog/
>
>
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Aaron Knister
Systems Administrator
Division of Information Technology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
aaronk@umbc.edu
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Well I can tell you that from a developer perspective UMBC really has given=
that baby up for adoption. Upper management views OpenAFS as a liability (=
don't get me started...) and seems to believe CIFS and or NFS are bette=
r cross-platform, WAN-accessible filesystems. <br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Adam Megacz=
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:megacz@cs.berkeley.edu" target=3D"=
_blank">megacz@cs.berkeley.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">
<br>
Hi Ken,<br>
<br>
Unfortunately I am really swamped right now and won't be able to deal w=
ith the patches for at least a few weeks.<br>
<br>
I am fine with you having access to the sourceforge project, but it's n=
ot solely my call.... I made a bunch of improvements to mod_waklog, but it&=
#39;s really the UMich and UMBC peoples's baby. =A0I'm CC'ing t=
hem and the openafs list in case their email addresses have changed; if the=
y are okay with it I'm happy to hand over the project to you.<br>
<br>
=A0 - a<br>
<br>
<br>
On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:06 AM, Ken Dreyer wrote:<br>
> Hey Adam,<br>
><br>
> There's a couple patches floating around for mod_waklog. I'm n=
ot sure<br>
> what your current availability is - do you have time to merge these<br=
>
> into the upstream repository on SourceForge?<br>
><br>
> If you're very busy, could you give me commit access? My SourceFor=
ge<br>
> username is ktdreyer.<br>
><br>
> - Ken<br>
><br>
><br>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
> From: Ken Dreyer <<a href=3D"mailto:ktdreyer@ktdreyer.com">ktdreyer=
@ktdreyer.com</a>><br>
> Date: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:03 AM<br>
> Subject: patches for mod_waklog<br>
> To: Aaron Knister <<a href=3D"mailto:aaronk@umbc.edu">aaronk@umbc.e=
du</a>><br>
><br>
><br>
> Hi Aaron,<br>
><br>
> I'm packaging up mod_waklog for Fedora, and I saw your patches on =
your<br>
> website [1]. Thanks for publishing these! I had two questions:<br>
><br>
> 1) In the _GNU_SOURCE patch, would it be simpler to reduce that "=
ifdef<br>
> _GNU_SOURCE + else" to an "ifndef" ?<br>
><br>
> 2) Did you try to get these patches upstream? I would like to get them=
<br>
> into the official git repo on SourceForge if possible.<br>
><br>
> - Ken<br>
><br>
> <a href=3D"http://userpages.umbc.edu/%7Eaaronk/waklog/" target=3D"_bla=
nk">http://userpages.umbc.edu/~aaronk/waklog/</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Aaron Knister<br>System=
s Administrator<br>Division of Information Technology<br>University of Mary=
land, Baltimore County<br><a href=3D"mailto:aaronk@umbc.edu" target=3D"_bla=
nk">aaronk@umbc.edu</a><br>
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