[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] SysV init upstream work

[Jesse Smith]

On 01/08/2018 06:07 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> On 12/25/2017 03:07 AM, Jesse Smith wrote:
>> Hello Debian init developers,
>>
>> I am doing some work on the upstream SysV init code, cleaning things up
>> and upstreaming patches. If you have any Debian-specific patches for
>> init that you'd like to get passed upstream, please let me know. Or post
>> to the SysV mailing list and I'll pick them up from there.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Jesse
> Hi Jesse,
>
> Looks like nobody dares replying, so I'll attempt.
>
> I'm surprised to see any activity "upstream", I really thought that
> there was no active upstream anymore. It's really nice to see activity.
>
> Debian carries 17 patches. You'll see them there:
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/sysvinit.git/tree/debian/patches
>
> It probably would be a good idea to push them upstream indeed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Thank you for the link, Thomas. I'll take a look at the patches and try
to get them merged into my tree.

Side note: It would be great is someone(s) could try out my changes thus
far. I've tried to address several issues presented in the Savannah bug
tracker. These changes (with a changelog) can be found here:
https://github.com/slicer69/sysvinit/tree/savannah

I've tested and so far it looks like I've avoided messing anything up
while fixing a few things. But I'd like to get that confirmed before I
make even more changes.

On yet another topic: Is there a protocol for setting up a new git
repository on Savannah? I'm happy to do this, but I don't want to step
on any toes of existing developers / project leads.

Jesse