On Apr 2, 2009, at 7:44 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Thursday 02 April 2009 08:32:00 Detlev Zundel wrote: >>> not so long ago there was some custom thingy that was running on the >>> u-boot website that'd automatically grab patches from the mailing >>> list >>> and try to file them away so they wouldnt get lost. but i cant >>> seem to >>> find it any more. is it gone ? >> >> No, it is not gone, it only starts to bitrot :( >> >> It also never by itself grabbed patches, but the idea was to post the >> patches to its own email account which in turn sent >> acknowledgements to >> the mailinglist _including_ a unique tracking number which was needed >> for automatic handling of follow-up mail. >> >> Unfortunately the original implementor is not available anymore and >> we >> currently do not see how to finish the missing bits, especially the >> automatic handling of the status of patches. >> >> If someone on this list with (solid) Perl knowledge volunteers to >> pick >> up the strings, let me know offlist. > > thanks, that was the site i was looking for > > maybe the lack of automation is a problem ? having a completely > custom system > is also a problem ... > > would patchwork satisfy the same tracking needs ? benefits there > are: > - automation > - someone else does the work of developing it > - all discussion stays tied to mailing list > - it's already being used by many kernel trees > > dont take this as "i love patchwork" ... ive never actually used it, > but if > it's gaining traction in major projects like the kernel, then having > u-boot be > the same is one less system for developers/contributors to have to > be familiar > with ...
I would suggest patchworks as well just because there are those of us already using it w/the kernel community and having a similar work flow for u-boot is always nice :) If desired we can ask the ozlab.org guys to host a u-boot patchwork if its something we want to try out. http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/ - k _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot