Unresponsive upstream (bcache)

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:37:40 -0500
Ian Pilcher <arequipeno at gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently moved my Fedora 20 root filesystem to a bcache device, and
> I discovered a bug (limitation?) that sometimes prevents my system
> from booting properly.
> 
> I originally reported this problem to the bcache-devel mailing list on
> July 18, and I followed up with a suggested fix/patch on July 22:
> 
>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.bcache.devel/2594
> 
> I also entered a kernel bug:
> 
>   https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80961
> 
> It's been more than a week since I first reported this issue, and I
> have not received any response at all (other than a thread-jack about
> a seemingly unrelated issue).
> 
> What is a good open-sourcer to do when patches are, apparently, not so
> welcome?

Well, sometimes people are busy and don't answer right away, so
patience is always good. 

Failing that, you could also open a redhat bugzilla bug against the
kernel and see if they could help you route your patch to someone who
can apply it upstream or at least carry it in Fedora until it's fixed
upstream. 

kevin

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