[Crash-utility] [ANNOUNCE] My retirement, and crash utility maintainership changes

[HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)]

> -----Original Message-----
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Dave,
> >
> > > Initially Kazuhito will primarily be handling upstream github duties,
> > > while Lianbo and Bhupesh will be handling Fedora, CentOS stream, and
> > > RHEL maintenance.  All three will be involved in the acceptance of
> > > patches posted on this mailing list.  Please welcome them in their
> > > new roles; I am confident they will do a terrific job.
> >
> > Maybe, is it better to send patch set via github as PR from now on? I'm now writing
> > zram patch set for x86-64 support.
> 
> Hi Daisuke,
> 
> Good question -- and one that I shall defer the answer to the new maintainers.
> 
> Personally, I never accepted git pull requests because I always felt that
> it was more valuable to expose proposed patches to the larger audience
> that make up this mailing list.  So when PRs came in, I coerced the
> submitter to use the list.

I'm thinking that we continue this way as-is and I'd like to do so
because of the same reason Dave says.

Crash's watchers [1] receives Issues/PR emails, but there are 55 people
now (although the number would increase if we use GitHub mainly),
while the crash-utility mailing list has several hundreds members.

(And I personally think that it's easier to discuss things via email,
which I'm used to.)

If it's hard for us to continue the way or using GitHub looks much more
efficient in the future, then we can shift it to a GitHub way.

[1] https://github.com/crash-utility/crash/watchers

Thanks,
Kazu

> 
> >
> > > Since the https://people.redhat.com/anderson web page will be
> > > decommissioned after my departure, its contents have been moved
> > > to be co-located with the crash-utility github site:
> > >
> > >   https://crash-utility.github.io
> >
> > Do you plan to set a redirection from the current page? Rpm packages for
> > crash's extension modules have URL in each rpm information  like below and need to
> > modify it accordingly:
> >
> >     # yum info crash-gcore-command
> >     Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
> >     Available Packages
> >     Name        : crash-gcore-command
> >     Arch        : x86_64
> >     Version     : 1.3.1
> >     Release     : 0.el7
> >     Size        : 41 k
> >     Repo        : rhel-7-server-rpms/7Server/x86_64
> >     Summary     : Gcore extension module for the crash utility
> >     URL         : http://people.redhat.com/anderson/extensions/crash-gcore-command-1.3.1.tar.gz
> >     License     : GPLv2
> >     Description : Command for creating a core dump file of a user-space task that
> >                 : was running in a kernel dumpfile.
> 
> Yes, when the packages are updated, the URLs will have to be changed.  During the build
> procedure, the package verification will fail if the upstream URL is defunct.
> 
> >
> > Also, when I want to release a new version of crash extnesion module, I send it to Hagio-san via
> > this mailing list as in the past, and then Hagio-san modifies the "crash extension modules" page.
> > Is this understanding correct?
> 
> Yes, and then Kazu, Liang or Bhupesh will be able to update that page.
> 
> >
> > > I want to express my appreciation to all of you who have contributed
> > > patches, both bug fixes and new features, and most importantly, to the
> > > support from users who have kept the crash utility alive for over 20 years
> > > now.  It has been my great pleasure to have had the chance to work with
> > > such an extraordinary international cast of characters.
> > >
> > > I will still be lurking as a regular subscriber to this list, at my
> > > home address: anderson at prospeed.net
> > >
> > > It will be fun to watch what happens...
> > >
> > > Best wishes to all of you in these trying times,
> >
> > Thanks for your work on crash utility. This is essential for our daily support jobs.
> >
> > Personally, I met crash utility relatively early when I entered this field and have
> > learnt a lot thorough using, reading and writing crash utility and lots of reviews
> > by you this 10 years.
> 
> I can't thank you enough Daisuke.  Over the years you have been one of my most
> dependable and valued contributors.  Your finger prints are all over the crash
> utility!
> 
> Best Regards,
>   Dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Thanks.
> > HATAYAMA, Daisuke
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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