[Klug-general] [Fwd: [gentoo-dev] gentoo-sources-2.4 needs a maintainer (a real one)]

[Dan Attwood]

oh the wonders of linux marketing;

hi all anyone interested in giving up their free time doing a really
boring job, that no one else wants to do, maintaining an obsolete
kernel. You don't really have to be a developer but if you're not you
won't understand a damm thing

On 11/01/07, George Prowse <cokehabit at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a slightly weird thing to forward but i know there are quite a
> few Gentoo users on this list and quite a people with servers. If there
> are any people with both and they happen to have a 2.4 kernel then this
> might be of some interest
>
> George
>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Daniel Drake <dsd at gentoo.org>
> To: gentoo-dev at lists.gentoo.org
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:47:45 -0500
> Subject: [gentoo-dev] gentoo-sources-2.4 needs a maintainer (a real one)
> Hi,
>
> A few weeks ago I posted that gentoo-sources-2.4 needs a maintainer.
> antarus stepped up but realised his fatal mistake and has now fled from
> the scene.
>
> If anyone is interested please step up, otherwise this will go through
> the usual mask/removal process. Recruiting a non-developer to take this
> is an option, provided the usual requirements are met.
>
> Maintaining a kernel is a big job, plus maintaining a 'dead' kernel tree
> like 2.4 is even worse and is not really that interesting. A maintainer
> needs to have interest and energy (which probably indicates a genuine
> requirement to run 2.4), I'm not interested in seeing this
> maintained-but-neglected.
>
> Please mention this in the next GWN.
>
> Thanks!
> Daniel
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