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Date:      Sun, 5 May 2002 21:04:38 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Chuck McCrobie <mccrobie@cablespeed.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New File system to commit to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20020506040438.GZ36741@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <3CD5F4CD.2F394EFE@cablespeed.com>
References:  <3CD5F4CD.2F394EFE@cablespeed.com>

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* Chuck McCrobie <mccrobie@cablespeed.com> [020505 20:13] wrote:
> I have had an OpenVMS ODS-2 read-only file system on my disk for about
> three years now.  I've finally put it into style(9) (ugh!), and would
> like to get it into the FreeBSD source tree.
> 
> 1.  How does one commit the code?

Submit a PR.  Toss a message about it here or to -hackers with a URL.

> 
> 2.  What version of FreeBSD should a new file system support (it
> currently runs under 3.x and 4.x).

5.x.

> 
> 3.  OpenVMS and ODs-2 keep record attributes and embedded meta-data in
> the regular file data.  I've been writing some utility programs that
> understand the meta-data, like "ods2_cat" and "ods2_cp".  Also, some
> work has progressed on an RMS library.  Should and how are such things
> committed?

This sounds like quite a suite of utilities, my _guess_ is that
the FS code could/would be committed to FreeBSD, but the utilities
to manipulate the FS (ods2_cat, ods2_cp) would go into a port.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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