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[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of rc-sysinit - savannah.gnu.org
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Mathieu Roy |
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[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of rc-sysinit - savannah.gnu.org |
Date: |
03 Sep 2003 17:45:34 +0200 |
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Hi,
I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
address@hidden said:
> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> Shamim Islam <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License:
> Package: rc-sysinit
> System name: rc-sysinit
> Type: GNU
>
> Description:
> Modified initscripts rc.sysinit for correctly handling fsck responses based
> on Mandrake 9.1 initscripts code.
>
> Should work correctly for RedHat 9.0 and others with slight modification.
>
> rc.sysinit as it stands today has problems:
>
> Does not honor PROMPT found in /etc/sysconfig/autofsck when root filesystem
> contains trivial errors
>
> Contains repetitious sections for handling fsck responses.
>
> Contains repetitious sections for handling defaulted user input behavior
>
> Is inconsisten in handling fsck error levels - fsck returns bitfields -
> rc.sysinit checks for actual integers.
>
> rc.sysinit does not handle interrupted powerfail shutdowns correctly.
>
> Headless machines suffer user input requirements for trivial errors and
> require monitors and keyboards to be plugged in.
>
> Desktop systems suffer user input requirements for trivial errors and require
> users to be more informed about problems than they should.
Did you contact the rc.sysinit authors? I'm not just whether a fork
would be justified at this moment.
We would like you to enquire the possibility of directly working with
the author/maintainer of that script. If you cannot reach an
agreement, you're welcome to resubmit your project, including details
about the reasons of the fork in the description.
Regards,
--
Mathieu Roy
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