Re: [Testbed-admins] Emulab software upgrade plan inquery

["David M. Johnson" <johnsond@flux.utah.edu>]

On 06/24/10 12:28, Ryan Jackson wrote:
> * Robert P Ricci <ricci@cs.utah.edu> [100624 11:32]:
>> Yes, it's in the 'linux-port' branch. It hasn't been synced up with the 
>> master branch for quite a while, so probably the first thing to do would 
>> be to try to merge the 'master' branch back into it.
>>
>> Problem is, we (Utah) don't have the cycles right now to do this or to 
>> support it - but for a brave admin who's not afraid to patch problems 
>> that they find, it should be a doable project. However, I wouldn't 
>> recommend going straight to a production testbed - I'd probably bring up 
>> a new boss and ops on Linux first, before trying to run an existing, 
>> production boss and ops on it.
> 
> David Johnson would be the one to talk to about the status of the
> linux-port branch if you think you'd like to look at that.  I've CCed
> him on this, but he's a bit busy with other tasks right now and it may
> take some time for him to get back to you.
> 
> Just for fun, I checked out the linux-port branch and merged master
> into it.  There are 15-20 files with conflicts, but none look too
> difficult to resolve.

Yes, but new features need to be "ported" too -- it's not just conflicts.