well, if we're open to suggestions.... :)
The biggest thing that's kept me from using FAM in the past has been the
way FAM handles moves: it tells you a file was removed and another one
was created, but not that they are the same file. For keeping tabs on
where files are in a file system, that makes it pretty hard to do it
with 100% accuracy.
On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 10:27, Michael Raymond wrote:
> FAM has been idle for a long time so at this point I just want to push
> something out. As soon as that's done I plan on opening up CVS on
> SourceForge and will allow in things like Solaris support as we move towards
> another (3.0?) release.
> As to the process for the next release I'm open to suggestions. The
> limited time that I can put into the project suggests that I act mainly just
> as a release manager. As long as everything still "works" on IRIX, I think
> we (SGI) are happy to let people take FAM in whatever directions they like.
> Michael Wardle is unfortunately no longer with the company.
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:33:01PM -0400, Stefan Teleman wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I emailed fam@xxxxxxxxxxx and michael.wardle@xxxxxxxxxx way back in
> > July, but i never got an answer back ... so i didnt' know what to do
> > about it.
> >
> > I do have my port for FAM 2.6.9 for SunOS 5.8 -- it is actually part
> > of the KDE Solaris binaries available for download from KDE. It is
> > very very fast and very stable -- i've been running it since May with
> > no problems whatsoever, even over NFS.
> >
> > Please let me know what to do. I can very easily put together a tar.gz
> > package and upload it somewhere, or email it.
> >
> > BTW, i built it with both Forte 7 and Forte 8. And i got confirmation
> > from several people that it works just as well on SunOS 5.9 (Solaris
> > 9).
> >
> > --Stefan
> >
> > -----
> >
> > On Friday 21 November 2003 17:37, Rolf Sponsel wrote:
> > > Great to se that FAM is begining to come to life again! :-)
> > >
> > > A question though - what about the support for Solaris?
> > >
> > > I recall Stefan Teleman, elected maintainer of KDE for Solaris,
> > > having done some stuff to improve FAM on the Solaris plattform.
> > >
> > > Has this, his work, managed to get into the 2.7.0 release.
> > > If not - I think it should (or are you of other opinion Stefan?)
> > >
> > > Please see email attached below:
> > >
> > > Kind Regards
> > >
> > > / Rolf Sponsel
> > >
> > > Michael Raymond wrote:
> > > > ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/download/testing/fam-2.7.0-pre2.ta
> > > >r.gz
> > > >
> > > > I've updated the pre-release of 2.7 to build correctly on
> > > > IRIX using the Freeware tools. Please try this out. If there's
> > > > no objections I'll push this out as the official release next
> > > > week on SourceForge and we can open up CVS for new work.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Michael
> > > > --
> > > > Michael A. Raymond
> > > > Core OS Scheduling Group Real-Time Lead
> > >
> > > - - - - - - - - A t t a c h m e n t - - - - - - - -
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [kde-solaris] KDE & Sun GNOME
> > > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:27:25 -0400
> > > From: Stefan Teleman <steleman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Organization: Disorganized
> > > To: "For people using KDE on Solaris, with questions
> > > about KDE or Solaris" <kde-solaris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > Rolf Sponsel <Rolf.Sponsel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I will gladly make the FAM port sources and a FAM Sun pkg
> > > available.
> > >
> > > It's FAM in filesystem polling mode for now, but it is very fast.
> > > The performance improvement compared to KDE filesystem polling is
> > > about 3x.
> > >
> > > I am in the middle of porting it to kernel async callback mode, and
> > > i am about half-way through. This has to be done right, otherwise
> > > all hell breaks loose. :-)
> > >
> > > I have been running it on my Sun box (Solaris 8) since early May,
> > > and it has not shown any problems at all. My current (development)
> > > build of KDE 3.1.2 uses FAM, and the next Solaris release of KDE
> > > will definitely use FAM.
> > >
> > > If someone would be so kind and point me to the right direction as
> > > to whom to contact regarding FAM, i would greatly appreciate it! I
> > > would be very happy to provide the FAM project with the Sun pkg's
> > > and the Solaris port source.
> > >
> > > --Stefan
> > >
> > > -----
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 12 August 2003 17:17, Rolf Sponsel wrote:
> > > > Lars Tunkrans wrote:
> > > > > [... SNIP ...]
> > > > >
> > > > > Some of them like FAM and MAD depends on Gcc
> > > > > extensions and are also very linux dependent .
> > > > > so I have skipped FAM but build MAD with GCC.
> > > > >
> > > > > Stefan has mentioned that He ported FAM to solaris
> > > > > , It would be great to get hold of that
> > > > > port !
> > > > >
> > > > > [... SNIP ...]
> > > > >
> > > > > //Lars
> > > >
> > > > I agree, that's great! :-)
> > > >
> > > > I'd suggest Stefan feeds his work back to the FAM project so that
> > > > his efforts become integrated into the next release of the
> > > > product (and maybe politely ask for a "quick" patched FAM 2.6.11
> > > > release).
> > > >
> > > > But I'm not quite sure what "has ported FAM to solaris" means?
> > > >
> > > > Has Stefan patched FAM 2.6.10 with the findings we spotted when
> > > > compiling FAM on Solaris (and also have reported back via the FAM
> > > > mailing list) or has he (you Stefan) managed to implement a
> > > > kernel monitor for Solaris so that it works without having to
> > > > poll the file system periodically? That would even be greater!
> > > > :-)
> >
> > --
> > Stefan Teleman 'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition'
> > steleman@xxxxxxxxxx -Monty Python
> >
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