[Ipsec-tools-announce] Re: [Ipsec-tools-devel] ANNOUNCE: New CVS for ipsec-tools

[Derek A. <de...@ih...>]

no need for this -- extra developers have been added to the SF project.

-derek

Michal Ludvig <mic...@lo...> writes:

> Hello everybody,
>
> I have set up a new home for ipsec-tools development at
> http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/ipsec-tools
>
> The reason for this step is simple: let IPsec-tools evolve. As you have
> probably noticed there were numerous patches and bugfixes sent to the
> devel mailing list and others are waiting unheeded in the "Patches"
> section of the SourceForge project page. Unfortunately Derek Atkins, who
> ported the package to Linux and who "owns" the project at SF.net, hasn't
> given anybody else the permission to commit to the CVS and to make new
> official releases of ipsec-tools. Lets face it: ipsec-tools are not (yet)
> perfect and without at least bugfixing it's a dead project.
>
> I know that this is demotivating also for the occasional developpers.
> They send one patch, maybe a second one, but if there is no response they
> will likely not send anything else and will put their effort to a more
> "living" project.
>
> My plan is not to ignore people who put their time to fix bugs in
> ipsec-tools. I will either commit their patches myself or I can provide
> CVS write access for those who are willing to do more regular development.
>
>>From time to time I'll also make a CVS snapshot for easier testing by
> non-developers.
>
> If you have some patches that were not yet seen on the devel mailing list
> please send them so that I could apply them. I have already comitted some
> patches seen on the list (see the recent ChangeLog for details) and I'll
> walk over those waiting in the "Patches" section during this week.
>
> Please let me know if you like or dislike the idea, send me any comments,
> proposals for improvements, etc... :-))
>
> Links:
> Project page:   http://www.logix.cz/michal/devel/ipsec-tools/
> CVS repository: http://cvs.logix.cz/cgi/cvs/ipsec-tools/
> CVS checkout:   cvs -d:pserver:an...@cv...:/cvs co ipsec-tools
> Latest ChangeLog:
>                 http://cvs.logix.cz/cgi/cvs/ipsec-tools/ChangeLog?rev=HEAD
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Michal Ludvig
> -- 
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> * Personal homepage - http://www.logix.cz/michal
>
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