Return-Path: Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:41016 "EHLO aserp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752477AbdFNUxU (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:53:20 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: Proposal for end-of-life for fedfs-utils development From: Chuck Lever In-Reply-To: <56804FBE-34B2-47FB-96EF-013D4476D89A@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:53:07 -0400 Cc: "fedfs-utils;release announcements" , autofs@vger.kernel.org, Chuck Lever via samba-technical Message-Id: <43E4D612-8CCD-4511-9E1D-265F4D459EE6@oracle.com> References: <56804FBE-34B2-47FB-96EF-013D4476D89A@oracle.com> To: fedfs-utils Developers , Linux NFS Mailing List Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > On Jun 2, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Chuck Lever wrote: > > Upstream fedfs-utils has not been under active development for > two years or more, and there is a scant user base. I'd like to > propose making 0.10 the final major release of fedfs-utils. > > The plan: > > - Since 0.10 is in at least one major enterprise distribution, > I will remain available to integrate security fixes and make > new minor releases in the 0.10 line, as needed, for one to > two more years. > > - Retire and remove fedfs-utils from upstream mirror distros > such as Fedora rawhide. > > - Transfer utilities such as nfsref into nfs-utils, with > support for FedFS junctions removed. > > - Announcements of the change in status will be made on > fedfs-utils-announce and on the wiki.linux-nfs.org site. > > > > Comments welcome! This was meant as a Request For Comments, but the cat is out of bag now: https://lwn.net/Articles/725411/rss ;-) I haven't heard any objections to this proposal, so let's go with it. Consider this the official announcement of the end-of-life of fedfs-utils. -- Chuck Lever