Re: man-pages maintainership (was: Re: [PATCH v2] madvise.2: Clarify addr/length and update hugetlb support)

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 03.06.22 19:42, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On 6/3/22 19:02, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>> Hi David!
>>
>> On 5/31/22 11:10, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>  > BTW, the git repository [1] was last updated 2021-09-02. One of my
>>  > patches [2] was apparently picked up (reply via mail) but doesn't appear
>>  > in that repository.
>>  >
>>  > Is the project currently dead/unmaintained or am I just staring at the
>>  > wrong repository?
>>  >
>>  > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git
>>  > [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210823120645.8223-1-david@redhat.com
>>  >
>>
>> Your patch has been applied here:
>> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/man2/madvise.2?id=9f307c06efc8c40a8aff30cf13ef3a8528be9222> 
>>
>>
>> The project is maintained, but the git repository is unmaintained.
>> I keep reviewing and applying patches in my personal git repository, but 
>> I don't have access to kernel.org yet, so the official sites are 
>> unmaintained.  And of course, that also means no releases since 5.13.

Ah, that explains things. The man-page info page [1] was/is still
pointing at that git tree, that's why I wondered what happened.

>>
>> I'm not very concerned about this, since in essence, a fork of the 
>> manual pages is still very well maintained on my server, and free for 
>> anyone interested in reading up-to-date pages.  And since I do this on a 
>> hobby basis (my company doesn't pay me to do this at all), I don't care 
>> at all about not having released in almost a year now.  That's more of a 
>> problem for distros and companies, which need releases.  For 

Heh, including me ;)

>> individuals, I recommend getting a copy of my manual pages' git repo and 
>> `make install`.

The point I was missing is that there is a fork(). I haven't seen notice
of that, that's why I asked.

It might have been helpful to reply with something like "Patch applied
to my man-pages git fork"., including an URL. But you seem to have
access to the official man-pages project now, which is good to know.

>>
>> I applied recently for a kernel.org account, so maybe the official repo 
>> can be maintained again soon.  Still, I don't expect releasing soon even 
>> if I get access to kernel.org and can update the git repo.  I need to 
>> learn how to do a release properly before I'll release a new version, 
>> and that will take a lot more effort and time from my side than updating 
>> the repo.
>>
>> Thanks for your patience!

Thanks for your hard, voluntary work!

> 
> BTW, I just released a signed git tag in my repo, to make it a bit more 
> secure to know that you're getting my manual pages, and not some MITM 
> fake stuff.
> 
> <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/tag/?h=man-pages-5.19-rc1>
> 
> My PGP key is signed by mtk.  Only trust it if it has his signature. 
> I'm attaching it in this email, so that it can be found in the list (I'm 
> having some issue with the keyserver).

I can spot it on the official git tree [2] as well, essentially via
alx/main. Nice.


[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
[2]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tag/?h=man-pages-5.19-rc1

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb