Bug#715324: mdadm: many files missing from upstream (docs, mdassemble and raid6check)

Christoph Anton Mitterer calestyo at scientia.net
Mon Jul 8 14:15:51 UTC 2013


On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 11:12 +1000, NeilBrown wrote: 
> > Ah... I wasn't aware that upstream still actively discourages it's
> > use :)
> I don't discourage it's use, but I don't really want to encourage it yet
> either.
> There is certainly useful functionality, but it lacks polish.
I see... well I guess it's up to Martin/Michael then to include it or not.
But when considering that it's a read-only process (AFAIU) anyway...
inclusion shouldn't harm too much, I guess.


> I don't object to carrying a FAQ in the mdadm package.  It might even be
> quite useful.
Martin, Michael?



> Getting udev rules right is a bit of pain.
> I think of the ones I package with mdadm as more of a suggestion than a
> requirement.  I'm open to fixes, and to distro-specific rules files, if
> anyone wants to send me some.
Well I guess I'll have to leave this open to Martin/Michael largely,
since I have no ideas of their intentions behind the differences :)


Thanks,
Chris.
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