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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:43:56 -1000 (HST)
From: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@jroberson.net>
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Subject: Re: Help test softupdates journaling (SUJ)
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On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Maxim Sobolev wrote:

> Jeff Roberson wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have been augmenting softupdates with a small journal that will be 
>> processed in lieu of fsck in the event of a crash.  I have written some 
>> about this project here: http://jeffr_tech.livejournal.com/
>
> That's the best news I've heard in months! Thank you, Jeff, big time, I could 
> not wait for it to be available in 8.x and 7.x! Sorry for making meaningless 
> noise on technical list, just could not stand it. I think that you will not 
> have any problem with free beer supply on any technical BSD conference in at 
> least 2-3 years. At least I am certainly ready to put my wallet where my 
> month is when we meet in real. :)
>

Thanks for the encouragement. :)  Please also thank iXsystems, Yahoo!, and 
Juniper for providing some funding for this effort.  I am not yet ready to 
celebrate myself until it's in current and happily working.

Thanks,
Jeff

> -Maxim
>