Re: Which is simpler? (Was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: [ 00/10] [Suspend2] Modules support.)

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

On So 11-02-06 01:16:51, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Saturday 11 February 2006 00:35, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > So another flamewar is over, good. I even received one apology ;-),
> > and probably should have sent some apologies, too...
> [...]
> > version. How you could help?
> >
> > * testing is useful at this point. Few confirmations that it works in
> > different configurations would make us feel warm and fuzzy.
> >
> > * documentation improvements, and small scripts. Having script that
> > prepares initrd would be nice, for example.
> >
> > * having someone to maintain suspend.sf.net web pages / release CVS
> > snapshot as package would help, too.
> >
> > * userspace code improvements. Encryption, LZW and graphical progress
> > should be reasonably easy to do. There's some tricky stuff, if you
> > prefer -- support for swap files and normal files would help,
> > too. Plus I guess everyone has their favourite feature...
> 
> That all makes sense.
> 
> To make uswsusp a success you need it tested [T], supporting scripts [S], 
> someone [B] who puts work in the webpages [W] with decent documentation [D], 
> and a bunch of spiffy features [F].
> 
> [T] * http://wiki.suspend2.net/FeatureUserRegister 
>     * http://www.suspend2.net/lists
> [S] http://www.suspend2.net/downloads/all/hibernate-script-1.12.tar.gz
> [B] Bernard Blackham, b-swweb@blackham.com.au
> [W] http://www.suspend2.net
> [D] * http://www.suspend2.net/links
>     * http://www.suspend2.net/HOWTO
>     * http://www.suspend2.net/FAQ
> [F] http://www.suspend2.net/features
> 
> I, as a contributors to suspend2, have been working on all that stuff for 
> about two-and-a-half years, and it makes me really sad to see that
> someone in 

If you think current situation makes me happy... think again.

> a position to make a decision towards progress wants to start that whole 
> process all over, rather than acknowledging the existance of a
> technical 

We don't have to start all over. It should be possible to port most of
suspend2 into userspace...
								Pavel
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