Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:15:25 +0100 From: Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deprecating smbfs(5) and removing it before FreeBSD 14 Message-ID: <d5f72b81-7e9d-0560-2792-d962a6e21827@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <940c9341-6938-05a1-d0b3-f20f07f9d3de@netfence.it> References: <CAPyFy2CJKxMQQKwD3N=MTe-P4KodN77e3YCEh4z0Ssf9sXWEcQ@mail.gmail.com> <8d25d2f4-24e2-5b19-5c81-2fe12dc937b7@quip.cz> <20211029074702.d69cba39a643f3f912f8ec81@dec.sakura.ne.jp> <940c9341-6938-05a1-d0b3-f20f07f9d3de@netfence.it>
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W dniu 29.10.2021 o 08:29, Andrea Venturoli pisze:
>
> On 10/29/21 00:47, Tomoaki AOKI wrote:
>
>> But possibly we need to delete current smbfs code from base and switch
>> to ports (sysutils/*?) if it require some code having incompatible
>> license for base.
>
+1 for removing smbfs(5) from the base and eventually moving it to the
ports tree. I know some people are still using it with a bit of duct
tape and baling twine to workaround SMBv{2,3) incompatibility.
With SMBv1 support, only our smbfs(5) became useless a few years ago.
Unfortunately, there is no replacement in the ports tree. To mount SMB
shares for Nextcloud the port net/pecl-smbclient can be used, but
definitely deploying Nextcloud to mount only SMB shares is overkill.
> OTOH having a port is not in any way worse as having a broken piece of
> base.
It sounds reasonable. Moreover, the story of net/wireguard-kmod has
proven that moving some modules into ports, where the software
development is done in a more flexible way, can be beneficial for both:
the developers and the community.
My opinion is only the opinion of the FreeBSD user, but I believe that
sometimes the feedback from the userbase is important, especially that a
few months I was told by one of the younger *NIX admins that our
(FreeBSD) community is the best and he is willing to make a transition
of some services to FreeBSD as soon as he gets permission from the
management.
With kind regards,
--
Marek Zarychta
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