[U-Boot] Request to host the patman project on kernel.org

Chris Packham judge.packham at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 11:02:01 CEST 2015


Hi Simon,

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:04 AM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> [Otavio and others. please weigh in with your comments]
>
> Hi,
>
> Patman is a patch management utility which supports Linux and U-Boot
> development. It is described briefly at [1] and documentation here
> [2].
>
> name: patman
> project name: patman
> project website: none
> detailed project description: See [1] and [2]
> reason for wanting us to mirror: It currently resides in the U-Boot
> tree but it is easier for people to access as its own project than as
> a part of the U-Boot tree. It might become more accessible and widely
> as a tool if distros start packaging it. I'd like it to have a mailing
> list and a git repo.

Mailing list aside what about good old github? I guess kernel.org
lends a certain pedigree but GitHub is reasonably convenient and
provides a few handy services like issue tracking and a web domain.
Looks like it's even free to create an opensource organisation on it.

>
> Regards,
> Simon
>
> [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/643079/
> [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/3/95


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