Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:16:18 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Bishop <tim-lists@bishnet.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What's the status of vinum? Message-ID: <20040825234618.GV9754@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1093463672.41794.4.camel@inferno.sixth.bishnet.net> References: <001d01c48372$a4b5e130$142a15ac@spud> <1092649820.821.2.camel@inferno.sixth.bishnet.net> <20040816122357.GT30875@wantadilla.lemis.com> <1093463672.41794.4.camel@inferno.sixth.bishnet.net>
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--vTKWYyFdYy4kKIJI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 25 August 2004 at 20:54:33 +0100, Tim Bishop wrote: > On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 13:23, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Monday, 16 August 2004 at 10:50:20 +0100, Tim Bishop wrote: >>> I'm currently using RELENG_5_2 with vinum (not gvinum). It's >>> mirroring everything except swap, which I vaguely recall might not >>> have worked. >> >> Correct. Swap on Vinum does not work on 5.x: the swap code insists on >> GEOM. > > It worked on earlier 5.x, though. Very early 5.x, sure. That goes back a long way. I still have this machine running: FreeBSD brewer.lemis.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Tue Dec 12 18:45:30 CST 2000 grog@monorchid.lemis.com:/src/FreeBSD/5.0-CURRENT/src/sys/compile/MONORCHID i386 >> For very large values of 2. 5.3 won't have a complete gvinum; >> hopefully 5.4 will only have gvinum, which will then be renamed vinum. > > Yes, I meant 5.3 :-) > > So what's state is (g)vinum likely to be in for 5.3? My current understanding is that it won't be. > I'm hesitant to upgrade because it appears that the system is moving > from under vinum's feet, and gvinum isn't there yet. What are people > who are currently using vinum on earlier 5.x's going to do until > gvinum is finished? I suppose now is a good time to remind you that -CURRENT is constantly changing. If you want stability, you shouldn't be using it. I'd suggest that you stay where you are until gvinum is finished. Greg -- Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --vTKWYyFdYy4kKIJI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBLSTKIubykFB6QiMRAvaoAJoDoZtcsghNpiamtmsz97nOpOYUggCfeRcp JFWYl80P9Hg0zblUVdmXK9E= =+Eh/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vTKWYyFdYy4kKIJI--
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