[OpenAFS] Overview? Linux filesystem choices
Robert Milkowski
milek@task.gda.pl
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:56:44 +0100
On 30/09/2010 22:42, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 20:09, Robert Milkowski<milek@task.gda.pl> wrote:
>
> ...
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>> btw: according to the leaked memo Oracle will provide source code for
>> Solaris, including ZFS, everytime they produce a new Solaris release. This
>> would mean that it will still be open source, but development wouldn't
>> happen in open.
>>
> I read the same leaked memo, and what I took from it is that
> it implies no interim feature updates (which for ZFS have
> been occurring during the current Solaris release), and no
> bug fixes (when needed). Just a code drop every major
> release (24 months or so?). As to whether that is what
> will actually happen is unclear (leaked memos are not
> policy).
>
Well, they've just releases S10 U9 with ZFS updates.
Then they are about to publish Solaris 11 Express with even more new ZFS
features.