[syslinux] Where do we collect issues/ideas/improvements (Re: Strange behavior)

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Mon Dec 5 01:53:17 PST 2011


On 11/24/2011 05:30 AM, Dag Wieers wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2011, Roy Marantz wrote:
> 
>> I do believe that a nice enhancement to the open file (or file download
>> code) would be for it to not try fallback extensions when a know
>> extension
>> is specified as part of the filename or at least strip the known
>> extension
>> first.  If I had an idea where to implement such a change I would send
>> in a
>> patch for that change.
> 
> Something that struck me is that often in threads on this mailinglist
> suggestions/improvements are being voiced by users that die out when the
> thread ends.
> 
> On one hand that is normal for the type of conversational communication
> mailinglists provide, but on the other hand some projects use
> (light-weight) issue-trackers or TODO files to collect such issues/ideas.
> 
> To my observation, the syslinux project could benefit from something
> similar, whether it means creating a wiki page for it, using Github, or
> any other means that brings similar functionality.
> 
> What do others think ?

Sadly we had just gotten a Bugzilla instance ready to start put in
production when the, ahem, security event happened.  On the other hand,
I have heard good things about Trac, and it looks like it might be
possible to import from Mediawiki, which is of course still down, sadly
enough.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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