[OpenAFS] rxk5 Mainline Issues?

[Matt W. Benjamin]

Hi,

I don't think Marcus' remark was meant to be disingenuous, but, in any case=
.  Simon and I discussed some of the issues yesterday via XMPP.  We agree t=
here are lots of things Marcus and I can do, but a lot of things become eas=
ier and more useful to do when upstream is ready start thinking about rxk5 =
in detail.  Simon pointed out that once 1.6 branches, rxk5 patches can flow=
 onto head--and that means that folks can start reviewing changes for poten=
tial merge.  Even if it takes a while to get through them, that's the most =
efficient process to be on, and the sooner we can start it, the more produc=
tive we can be.

Regards,

Matt

----- "Derrick Brashear" <shadow@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Marcus Watts
> <mdw@bruson.ifs.umich.edu> wrote:
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> >> Marcus has also summarised the issues to the afs3-stds list, along
> >> with his feelings of how desirable / achievable each feature might
> be:
> >>
> >>
> http://michigan-openafs-lists.central.org/archives/afs3-standardization/2=
009-Oc
> >> tober/000512.html
> >>
> >> (There are additional issues, beyond those from the hackathon, on
> that
> >> list - in particular, many sites indiciated at the Rome Workshop
> that
> >> a flag day transition to rxk5 would not be achievable for them)
> >>
> >> S.
> >
> > I should comment a bit about timeline.
> >
> > At the hackathon, it turns out the openafs gatekeepers have a
> schedule
> > whereby 1.6 comes out in "6 months", and nothing regarding improved
> > security mechanisms can happen "to the mainline" before then. =C2=A0So
> that
> > schedule has nothing to do with rxk5; it's an absolute constraint.
>=20
> Apparently code revision system branches were invented recently or
> something. You should check them out. They're awesome.
>=20
> Derrick
> with equivalent disingenuous skills to the next guy
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