Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:51:48 -0700 From: Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS will gone,FreeBSD will import btrfs? Message-ID: <AANLkTi=w19drLUa-WbRO_g08UE_K4K-PjZNq4aYpkfaG@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100818125447.GR44426@e-Gitt.NET> References: <AANLkTinL6NmuopDaQ9nhWhsCgz3=uEo00%2BYYa_jOOM7N@mail.gmail.com> <4C6ABD04.3030506@delphij.net> <20100818125447.GR44426@e-Gitt.NET>
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> So all we need to direct some of the money we already spend for > supporting developers and certain developments to core ZFS developers no > longer employed by Sun/Oracle and that way make FreeBSD the primary ZFS > development platform for the future. If you have the key developers, the > community will follow. > I'd argue that we'll need pjd@ more than ever. I don't think that ex-OpenSolaris contributors are going to jump to FreeBSD. There's project Illumos which is essentially an OpenSolaris fork minus binary-only bits. My guess is that it's got a decent chance to become a viable OpenSolaris replacement. Interestingly enough, Illumos plans to import FreeBSD drivers (and some utils) to replace closed-source ones that used to come from Solaris. --Artem On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Oliver Brandmueller <ob@e-gitt.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:47:00AM -0700, Xin LI wrote: >> It's not "gone" since Oracle can not withdraw code that is already >> licensed under CDDL. =A0They _may_ choose not to release anything new bu= t >> we already have a newer zfs version that have basic functionality usable >> in p4. > > So all we need to direct some of the money we already spend for > supporting developers and certain developments to core ZFS developers no > longer employed by Sun/Oracle and that way make FreeBSD the primary ZFS > development platform for the future. If you have the key developers, the > community will follow. > > Before someone starts argueing... I know, it's not that easy and I don't > have a clue how one would do that. This is most probably more like a > crazy idea than a plan that could actually work :-/ > > - Oliver > > -- > | Oliver Brandmueller =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://sysadm.in/ =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 ob@sysadm.in | > | =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Ich bin das Internet. So= wahr ich Gott helfe. | >
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