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Hi, |
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I've been wrangling with usermode-sources maintenance for some time now, |
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but I don't have any interest in it and have no clue how it works. |
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The current version in Portage is a bit out of date and faces the usual |
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minor kernel security issues. |
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usermode-sources is actually just Paolo Giarrusso's -bs tree, which is |
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just a small set of patches on top of mainline Linux. The mainline |
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kernel actually includes out-of-the-box UML support, but Paolo maintains |
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a set of patches, most of which end up going into the next kernel |
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release. So by removing this package we aren't dropping major |
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functionality from Gentoo. |
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However, the -bs tree does include a couple of small features which |
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probably won't go into the kernel any time soon. Some users probably use |
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these, and Paolo would prefer to see these kept in Gentoo since I think |
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we are the only distro who package his kernel. |
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So, is anyone interested in maintaining this? It's not a lot of work, |
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Paolo makes the patchset, and you simply combine that with genpatches in |
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the ebuild, and stick it in Portage. There are occasional bug reports, |
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but Paolo has an account on our bugzilla and is always keen to help. |
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Really the only requirement is that you are a UML user and you have some |
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interest in it. |
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Any volunteers? |
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If not, this package will be removed in 30 days. It will be put in |
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package.mask sometime over the next day or two due to the open security |
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bugs. |
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Thanks, |
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Daniel |
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