On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 11:40:14PM -0300, Raphael S Carvalho via Syslinux wrote:> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Paulo Alcantara via Syslinux < > syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > My name is Paulo Alcantara. I've been working on BIOS/UEFI firmware and > > file systems development for a long time already. For those does not > > know, in the past few years I used to be an active Syslinux contributor > > and added support to NTFS and XFS file systems, GSoC mentor for > > Syslinux in 2012, did some bugfixes and some code refactoring (e.g. x86 > > assembly to pure C) and currently working on multifs support for both > > UEFI and BIOS. > > > > Syslinux was one the first (and the best, IMO) open source projects I > > ever worked on and it's *really* sad to see it dying slowly due to no > > enough time (or any other personal-related thing) from both HPA and > > Genec sides. We've seen a lot of patches on the mailing lists that did > > not get chance to be either reviewed or applied and that means we will > > potentially loose a lot contributions -- or even worse, contributors. > > > > Therefore, I'm here to call to become the new committer/maintainer of > > the Syslinux project and help the project as much as I can on > > reviewing/applying patches, tracking and fixing bugs, supporting new > > contributors and the project itself. > > > Congratulations! Syslinux will benefit a lot from your maintenance. >What I observed: * Some one steps forward and says: I want to be committer/maintainer * there is a congratution * there were no objections * and silence I wonder if Paulo now has the privileges/rights/power for bringing Syslinux in better shape. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven
2015-10-08 0:16 UTC+02:00, Geert Stappers via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com>:> On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 11:40:14PM -0300, Raphael S Carvalho via Syslinux > wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Paulo Alcantara via Syslinux < >> syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > My name is Paulo Alcantara. I've been working on BIOS/UEFI firmware and >> > file systems development for a long time already. For those does not >> > know, in the past few years I used to be an active Syslinux contributor >> > and added support to NTFS and XFS file systems, GSoC mentor for >> > Syslinux in 2012, did some bugfixes and some code refactoring (e.g. x86 >> > assembly to pure C) and currently working on multifs support for both >> > UEFI and BIOS. >> > >> > Syslinux was one the first (and the best, IMO) open source projects I >> > ever worked on and it's *really* sad to see it dying slowly due to no >> > enough time (or any other personal-related thing) from both HPA and >> > Genec sides. We've seen a lot of patches on the mailing lists that did >> > not get chance to be either reviewed or applied and that means we will >> > potentially loose a lot contributions -- or even worse, contributors. >> > >> > Therefore, I'm here to call to become the new committer/maintainer of >> > the Syslinux project and help the project as much as I can on >> > reviewing/applying patches, tracking and fixing bugs, supporting new >> > contributors and the project itself. >> > >> Congratulations! Syslinux will benefit a lot from your maintenance. >> > > What I observed: > > * Some one steps forward and says: I want to be committer/maintainer > * there is a congratution > * there were no objections > * and silence > > > I wonder if Paulo now has the privileges/rights/power > for bringing Syslinux in better shape. >I think the original mail was just a badly formulated anouncement. Here are the few lines that happened on IRC just before he sent that mail. 2015 sept. 02 00:56:33 <hpa> It's pretty clear Gene can't be the sole patch maintainer, and I literally can't because of my current personal situation. I'd personally be happy to open it up to anyone who has been a significant contributor in the past, because the alternative is that the project dies. 2015 sept. 02 00:56:46 <hpa> pcacjr: would you be interested in that role? 2015 sept. 02 01:12:04 <pcacjr> hpa: yeah 2015 sept. 02 01:13:40 <pcacjr> currently I'm having some free time to hack other stuffs I'm working and I'd certainly be able to do this 2015 sept. 02 01:17:05 <hpa> Could you post something to the mailing list perhaps? 2015 sept. 02 01:19:58 <pcacjr> hpa: about taking over "maintainership" of Syslinux? 2015 sept. 02 01:22:45 <hpa> Or call it becoming a committer 2015 sept. 02 01:23:09 <pcacjr> hpa: OK I'll let him confirm, but I think it has been approved and done already. Celelibi
On Oct 7, 2015 10:25 PM, "Celelibi via Syslinux" <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:> > 2015-10-08 0:16 UTC+02:00, Geert Stappers via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com >: > > On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 11:40:14PM -0300, Raphael S Carvalho viaSyslinux> > wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Paulo Alcantara via Syslinux < > >> syslinux at zytor.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > My name is Paulo Alcantara. I've been working on BIOS/UEFI firmwareand> >> > file systems development for a long time already. For those does not > >> > know, in the past few years I used to be an active Syslinuxcontributor> >> > and added support to NTFS and XFS file systems, GSoC mentor for > >> > Syslinux in 2012, did some bugfixes and some code refactoring (e.g.x86> >> > assembly to pure C) and currently working on multifs support for both > >> > UEFI and BIOS. > >> > > >> > Syslinux was one the first (and the best, IMO) open source projects I > >> > ever worked on and it's *really* sad to see it dying slowly due to no > >> > enough time (or any other personal-related thing) from both HPA and > >> > Genec sides. We've seen a lot of patches on the mailing lists thatdid> >> > not get chance to be either reviewed or applied and that means wewill> >> > potentially loose a lot contributions -- or even worse, contributors. > >> > > >> > Therefore, I'm here to call to become the new committer/maintainer of > >> > the Syslinux project and help the project as much as I can on > >> > reviewing/applying patches, tracking and fixing bugs, supporting new > >> > contributors and the project itself. > >> > > >> Congratulations! Syslinux will benefit a lot from your maintenance. > >> > > > > What I observed: > > > > * Some one steps forward and says: I want to be committer/maintainer > > * there is a congratution > > * there were no objections > > * and silence > > > > > > I wonder if Paulo now has the privileges/rights/power > > for bringing Syslinux in better shape. > > > > I think the original mail was just a badly formulated anouncement. > Here are the few lines that happened on IRC just before he sent that > mail. > > 2015 sept. 02 00:56:33 <hpa> It's pretty clear Gene can't be the > sole patch maintainer, and I literally can't because of my current > personal situation. I'd personally be happy to open it up to anyone > who has been a significant contributor in the past, because the > alternative is that the project dies. > 2015 sept. 02 00:56:46 <hpa> pcacjr: would you be interested in thatrole?> 2015 sept. 02 01:12:04 <pcacjr> hpa: yeah > 2015 sept. 02 01:13:40 <pcacjr> currently I'm having some free time to > hack other stuffs I'm working and I'd certainly be able to do this > 2015 sept. 02 01:17:05 <hpa> Could you post something to the > mailing list perhaps? > 2015 sept. 02 01:19:58 <pcacjr> hpa: about taking over > "maintainership" of Syslinux? > 2015 sept. 02 01:22:45 <hpa> Or call it becoming a committer > 2015 sept. 02 01:23:09 <pcacjr> hpa: OK > > > I'll let him confirm, but I think it has been approved and done already. >Yes. Both hpa and Gene gave their approval already. Regarding the commit access, I havent pushed anything yet but I do believe it's all set up. I wont have access to my machine for a few days so I couldnt test it right now, sorry. Paulo> > Celelibi > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux