[Slackbuilds-users] ZFS maintenance

Mon Feb 15 22:07:06 UTC 2021

Hi folks,

I am sorry that I did not reply to your polite e-mails and inquiries within
an acceptable timeframe.  As it turned out, I no longer have enough time
and resources to offer proper maintenance of ZFS package, especially in
terms of "thorough real-world testing" [1] before updating.  I also use ZFS
less than nearly four years ago when I picked up this task from the
previous maintainer.

I'm glad ZFS package has found a new maintainer.  Good luck, Markus!

Thank you very much for your help, your input and your patience.

-- 
Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay free.
Marcin.

Footnotes:
[1] https://github.com/szycha76/sbo-zfsonlinux/blob/master/makenewzfs.sh

pon., 1 lut 2021 o 12:43 <slackbuilds-users-request at slackbuilds.org>
napisał(a):

>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. Re: [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux (David Chmelik)
>    2. Re: [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux (B Watson)
>    3. Re: [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux (Markus Reichelt)
>    4. Re: [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux (B Watson)
>    5. Updates - 20210130.1 (Willy Sudiarto Raharjo)
>    6. linphone and related sources links (Habs)
>    7. SF/sbodirectlinks addition request (?????? ??????????)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 20:03:06 -0800
> From: David Chmelik <dchmelik at gmail.com>
> To: SlackBuilds-users <slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org>
> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux
> Message-ID: <c4ee542a-6a3f-9576-47fd-eb2769e56ef2 at gmail.com>
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>
> On 1/16/21 3:58 PM, David Chmelik wrote:
> > On 1/1/21 8:34 AM, Markus Reichelt wrote:
> >> * David Chmelik <dchmelik at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Slackware-current with the 5.10.n kernels, I get this error
> >>> building zfs-on-linux.? I don't know if the ZFS project updated it
> >>> for 5.10.n.
> >>> ???? ? CC [M]? /tmp/SBo/zfs-0.8.5/module/zfs/vdev_disk.o
> >>> [...]
> >> zfs-0.8.5 is outdated.
> >>
> >> I've got no trouble using zfs-2.0.0 on -current
> >
> > But were you able to make that version into a Slackware package, and
> > will the maintainer be updating it soon? (three new versions since the
> > one on SBo)
>
> Anyone?? Last year I reported the above to the maintainer, then a week
> ago asked if we'd be getting one of the new versions.? I haven't heard
> back.? Is he on slackbuilds-users?? Hopefully just may be busy making
> the changes required to make a newer version into a package...? If he
> quit building it for some reason I wouldn't be able to take over this
> SlackBuild but isn't it important enough it should be getting an update
> soon?
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:37:59 -0500
> From: B Watson <yalhcru at gmail.com>
> To: "SlackBuilds.org Users List" <slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org>
> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux
> Message-ID:
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> GMJLy0xjE897Kv-Qt2QR4PKAmAAjBSfBaQ at mail.gmail.com>
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> On 1/28/21, David Chmelik <dchmelik at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone?  Last year I reported the above to the maintainer, then a week
> > ago asked if we'd be getting one of the new versions.  I haven't heard
> > back.  Is he on slackbuilds-users?  Hopefully just may be busy making
> > the changes required to make a newer version into a package...  If he
>
> Guy hasn't updated it, or anything else, since May 30 of 2020, like
> 8 months ago. And he's not answering emails. If you (or anyone else)
> were willing to take over the build, it's effectively available now.
>
> > quit building it for some reason I wouldn't be able to take over this
> > SlackBuild but isn't it important enough it should be getting an update
> > soon?
>
> It's not going to get an update because it's "important", it's going
> to get an update because someone updates it. If that someone isn't
> you, sadly there's not much you can do but wait.
>
> Sometimes the admins will update a build because we think it's
> "important", or because it's something an admin personally uses
> (usually an application that nothing else depends on), but ZFS is not
> something we'd update lightly unless one of us actually *uses* ZFS. A
> filesystem would need thorough real-world testing, by its maintainer,
> before he updates it for everyone else to use).
>
> To the whole list: Anyone here use zfs-on-linux and want to take over
> as its maintainer?
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:28:19 +0100
> From: Markus Reichelt <ml at mareichelt.com>
> To: slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org
> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux
> Message-ID: <20210129152819.GA14375 at pc21.mareichelt.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> * B Watson <yalhcru at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > To the whole list: Anyone here use zfs-on-linux and want to take
> > over as its maintainer?
>
> As I already offered I can take over, as I'm actually using
> zfs-on-linux (still on slack64-14.2 too).
> I will submit an update to 0.8.6 soon.
>
> With 2.0.1 we will see.
>
> I still wonder what David's problems on 14.2 with 0.8.6 are
> exactly...
>
> --
> The Tahoe-LAFS spirit.
>
>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:32:50 -0500
> From: B Watson <yalhcru at gmail.com>
> To: "SlackBuilds.org Users List" <slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org>
> Subject: Re: [Slackbuilds-users] [Slackware-current] zfs-on-linux
> Message-ID:
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>
> On 1/29/21, Markus Reichelt <ml at mareichelt.com> wrote:
> >
> > As I already offered I can take over, as I'm actually using
> > zfs-on-linux (still on slack64-14.2 too).
> > I will submit an update to 0.8.6 soon.
>
> Ah! I'd misread your email, thought you were only using -current.
>
> I've updated the maintainer and email in the .info file to:
>
> MAINTAINER="Markus Reichelt"
> EMAIL="slackbuilds at mareichelt.de"
>
> [...]
>

-- 
Pozdrawiam,
Marcin Szychowski
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