Re: Wanted: Volunteer to code a Patchbot

[Patrick Mochel]

Hi everyone. 

> <deleted>
> That's the problem.  I have seen at least two attempted starts on a patchbot
> and know of a third (Dan Quinlan was going to do something 1.5 years ago).
> So at this point I want to step out of this discussion.  There is going to
> be no patchbot without a coder to write it, so why spend more time talking
> about it?
> </deleted>
> 
> OK, on a less pessimistic note, I'll make a small effort to find a volunteer 
> to code this, under advisement that it will be a thankless task (everybody 
> will complain about everything) and may not even get accepted by Linus or 
> anyone else (yes, and?).  So here it is:
> 
>    Wanted: a scripting person who has a clue about MTAs and wants to 
>    contribute to the kernel.  Please step up to the table over here
>    and sign in blood, then we will tell you what your mission is.
>    Nobody will thank you for any of the work you do or reward you in
>    any way, except for the right to bask in the glory and fame of
>    being the one who ended the patchbot wars.  And maybe, just maybe
>    get that coveted Slashdot interview.
> 
> OK. that's it, if somebody bites I'll gladly participate in a design thread, 
> otherwise I think this is just going to sleep until the next bi-monthly 
> patchbot flameup.

As promised yesterday, a Sourceforge project has been started for a Linux 
Kernel Patch Management System (lk-pms). The page is at:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lk-pms/

A mailing has been set up for discussion of the development of the 
project. We would like to move the discussion off of linux-kernel onto 
this new mailing list and begin to formalize the concept and the design.

We (OSDL) are volunteering resources for the development of the project: 
developer time, hardware, and bandwidth. We are willing to host it on our 
servers, and would like to eventually integrate such a system with our 
automated test system (STP). Any and all feedback is welcome, preferably 
on the list, though private mail is also welcome. 

Thanks,

	-pat