[Savannah-register-public] [task #4564] Submission of Hurd's AlteRnative Development

[anonymous]

Follow-up Comment #5, task #4564 (project administration):

I might note that Sergio has only sent _one_ patch that is
even worth including at this point, the other patch he sent was
a experimental patch.  From the looks, Sergio has written more
patches, but hasn't bothered sending them to address@hidden for
inclusion.

I do not know of any other patches that are really important
that are pending at this time that would warrent a fork
of the Hurd on Savannah.

Sergio's patches touch a lot of areas in the Hurd, and should 
NOT be included into HEAD untill they have been proven stable.
Branches are used for code that touches lots of areas, and this
is exactly what Sergio's patches do.  So it takes time to understand
and test them.  Sergio has not bothered waiting for anyone to do
any kind of testing by users of his patches, nor has he bothered
with getting a second opinion by people who hack on the Hurd, of which
all are voluenteers, so it takes time to get such a response.

The maintainer of the Hurd is also currently swamped, so this leads
to further delays.

Alfred M. Szmidt <address@hidden>, Hurd hacker.


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