[OpenAFS] Summary of recommended configuration options from the workshop

Alistair Ferguson Alistair.Ferguson@morganstanley.com
Mon, 26 May 2008 23:58:02 +0100


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Hi,

>> I thought there was a backport of it to 1.4.x that some large
>> organization has and is using?
>>     
>
> That large organization isn't running pure 1.4 plus a backport of demand
> attach.  In other words, the work there doesn't necessarily port obviously
> to the public tree.

There is a port that applies cleanly to the 1.4 release.  The more 
important question centers around whether the gatekeepers would 
integrate into the 1.4 release ... and imho they probably shouldn't.  
However, it is their decision.


> Plus, a stable demand-attach is a good milestone for
> releasing 1.5, and the fewer branches we can support, the more time we can
> spend on other things.  :)
>   

Agreed.


ali

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Hi,<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:87lk1w978w.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu" type="cite">
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    <pre wrap="">I thought there was a backport of it to 1.4.x that some large
organization has and is using?
    </pre>
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That large organization isn't running pure 1.4 plus a backport of demand
attach.  In other words, the work there doesn't necessarily port obviously
to the public tree.</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
There is a port that applies cleanly to the 1.4 release.&nbsp; The more
important question centers around whether the gatekeepers would
integrate into the 1.4 release ... and imho they probably shouldn't.&nbsp;
However, it is their decision.<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:87lk1w978w.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu" type="cite">
  <pre wrap="">Plus, a stable demand-attach is a good milestone for
releasing 1.5, and the fewer branches we can support, the more time we can
spend on other things.  :)
  </pre>
</blockquote>
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Agreed.<br>
<br>
<br>
ali<br>
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