[SSSD] Fate of ding-libs branches

Dmitri Pal dpal at redhat.com
Wed Mar 7 00:16:31 UTC 2012


On 03/06/2012 07:14 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 18:55 -0500, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>> On 03/06/2012 03:52 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: 
>>> The ding-libs development on master has been virtually stagnant for many
>>> months now. Much of what is included on the master branch is
>>> partially-completed concept work that was originally going to be done as
>>> part of a nebulous 1.0 future.
>>>
>>> Given that the ding-libs 1.0 has been effectively abandoned (and that
>>> the ding_libs-0-1 branch has been remarkably stable for a long time),
>>> I'd like to recommend that we branch the current master off (perhaps
>>> name it 'experimental') and then reset the master branch to be identical
>>> to the current contents of ding_libs-0-1.
>>>
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>> I would not rush with it frankly but for a different reason. The
>> libcollection is now being evaluated as a mean for doing internal
>> implementation of the structured logging. I have couple patches for it
>> that I need to polish and submit. I plan to do it in couple weeks.
>> Until we sort out the fate and use of libcollection I do not think it
>> makes sense to do the reorganization of otherwise stable tree.
>>
> Well, that's my point. The code in master is currently not stable. Some
> of it is still work-in-progress for features that were never completed.
> I'd rather see us make changes atop the known-stable tree and abandon
> these ill-fated forays.
>
>> Also we need to get someone continuing the work in this area and
>> finish the work on the INI and bring it to the final release. There is
>> not much left but should be enough for thesis. I can work with Jan on
>> that.
> I don't see how it's easier to base this off of a broken master than it
> is off of a stable branch.

Ok fine I will finish the work.

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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

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