[arch-projects] [netctl] [GIT] Network control utility based on systemd branch master updated. 1.2-11-g0f76889

[Jouke Witteveen]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am 25.07.2013 00:24, schrieb Jouke Witteveen:
>> commit 7d081a227528201ed65b8bab9ec07ccd8dfc1162
>> Author: Sebastian Wicki <gandro at gmx.net>
>> Date:   Tue Jul 23 22:10:17 2013 +0200
>>
>>     Fix references related to netctl-auto(1)
>>
>> commit 5b0c7cae3e82c96058605941273e33632ec95094
>> Author: Sebastian Wicki <gandro at gmx.net>
>> Date:   Tue Jul 23 21:44:40 2013 +0200
>>
>>     Rework some lines in netctl-auto
>>
>> commit 6bd3fb709988d931e92ddaa5c493be6906a07890
>> Author: Sebastian Wicki <gandro at gmx.net>
>> Date:   Tue Jul 23 11:53:01 2013 +0200
>>
>>     More consistent quoting in netctl-auto
>>
>> commit 01f9b7ba788698be0a32534b6e1342b6d58df965
>> Author: Sebastian Wicki <gandro at gmx.net>
>> Date:   Sun Jul 21 17:12:58 2013 +0200
>>
>>     Add man page for netctl-auto(1)
>>
>> commit 8f6e396f8ee47d52faac67922d0ddf6fdfbabecd
>> Author: Sebastian Wicki <gandro at gmx.net>
>> Date:   Sun Jul 21 17:05:03 2013 +0200
>>
>>     Rewrite of netctl-auto
>>
>>     This adds a command line interface to the netctl-auto script to
>>     allow users more control over the automatic profile selection.
>>
>> commit e75d8b1791009712ceda58762489f8a7df9c8140
>> Author: Sebastian Wicki <gandro at gmx.net>
>> Date:   Sun Jul 21 17:01:09 2013 +0200
>>
>>     Add wpa_unquote function
>>
>>     This function can be used to unquote WPA supplicant config file strings
>>     returned from wpa_cli calls.
>
> None of these patches have been sent to this list for review, and I
> would have liked the possibility to review them. I strongly object
> against submitting and reviewing patches behind closed doors.
>
>

Thats a valid point, I will try to put them up for review from now on.
Related to this concern, there is something I want to ask/discuss.

There are relatively few people working on netctl (judging on forum
messages, systemd/netctl concepts are far from commonplace, yet).
Before netctl was accepted as an Arch project, it was developed in
GitHub. I intended to remove the GitHub repository when netctl 1.0 was
released. However, people seem much more enthusiastic about
contributing on GitHub than about sending patches to this list.
Therefore I decided not to take down the GitHub repo for the time
being.[1] What is the best way to deal with this?
1: Remove the GitHub mirror anyway.
2: Announce GitHub pull requests on this list
3: Publish GitHub pull requests as patches for review on this list.

Regards,
- Jouke


[1] Additionally, netctl is completely distribution agnostic. Although
this is in no way a contradiction with hosting netctl as an Arch
Project (something I value very much), it is sometimes claimed that
netctl is Arch-only.