From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52424 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756464AbdCUMPE (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2017 08:15:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:14:26 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: kerolasa@gmail.com Cc: util-linux Subject: Re: sysfsutils, aka systool, candidate for inclusion in util-linux-ng Message-ID: <20170321111156.i6kjcbmktj34lsvq@ws.net.home> References: <6affdcde-0ec0-87ee-45f8-7da32ae1d1a5@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 07:41:53PM +0000, Sami Kerola wrote: > On 17 March 2017 at 17:47, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: > > Description: utilities for interfacing with sysfs. > > > > Background: unmaintained since ten years, included in > > enterprise distributions and widely used with plenty of > > downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-diag/files/sysfsutils/stats/timeline?dates=2003-07-01++to+2017-03-17 > > > > > > $HOME: https://linux-diag.sf.net/Sysfsutils.html > > Source code: https://sf.net/projects/linux-diag/files/sysfsutils/ > > Good proposal, and after quick test to migrate sysfsutils to > util-linux this seems > do-able. But before proceeding any further I want to hear from Karel and old > sysfsutils maintainer if the project merge what is wanted. The question is if maintain it again is the right reaction to the current agony. Maybe death is better solution. I don't think it's widely used and IMHO it's probably used for trivial things like write/read from sysfs. For example we have for work with /sys/block a file lib/sysfs.c in utils-linux. Not sure if for something like this is necessary to have shared library. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com