From owner-freebsd-fs Sun May 5 21: 4:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B51FF37B400 for ; Sun, 5 May 2002 21:04:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 90D9BAE1C6; Sun, 5 May 2002 21:04:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 21:04:38 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Chuck McCrobie Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New File system to commit to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020506040438.GZ36741@elvis.mu.org> References: <3CD5F4CD.2F394EFE@cablespeed.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3CD5F4CD.2F394EFE@cablespeed.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Chuck McCrobie [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.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message