Bug#272029: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#272029: FATX filesystem support)
reopen 272029
thanks
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 10:03:06PM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 12:31:37PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:25:23PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 09:21:12AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 08:38:56AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > > tags 272029 +upstream
> > > > > thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Please get feature-patches merged upstream before bugging us, thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Upstream rejected them untill they're "a lot more commonly used", which can
> > > > also be read as "supported in major distributions like Debian". Considering
> > > > your opinion then the patches should go to /dev/null?
> > > >
> > > > Where are we going? FATX support is non-disruptive (Separate module from
> > > > vfat. It won't even be loaded at all unless the user wants it). What are
> > > > the problems with it? If your concern is with the release process, I can
> > > > understand, and don't mind leaving this as post-sarge.
> > >
> > > I would suggest making a kernel-patch package.
> > > That seems to be the correct vehicle for new features to me.
> >
> > And getting the FATX patches merged into 2.6 would also be a good
> > precursor to getting them merged into 2.4 or Debain's kernel package.
>
> I think that pretty much wraps this up, I am closing the bug.
It's not fixed. Add a wontfix and/or upstream tags if you like.
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