[OpenAFS-devel] Re: 1.6 and post-1.6 OpenAFS branch management and schedule

[Andrew Deason]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:47:15 -0700
Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:

> * In the long term, we want to remove LWP and build all parts of
>   OpenAFS against POSIX pthreads.  This has no time frame yet since it
>   depends on other work that's not yet complete.  It obviously depends
>   on completion of the pthreaded Ubik work, which I don't believe is
>   in a state that's ready to recommend as of 1.6, so will continue to
>   be optional in that release.

While I agree, I feel compelled to note that there aren't any known
issues with pthreaded ubik right now (it's been removed as a newsletter
project since it's "done"). What's required is wider testing for it to
be more 'ready', I think.

-- 
Andrew Deason
adeason@sinenomine.net