[OpenAFS-win32-devel] Status of the native windows client
Jake Helfert
jakesays@live.com
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:01:22 -0600
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Jeffrey=2C
Thank you for your reply. Any idea yet on when you'll push the source back =
in to the repository?
Thanks=2CJake
> Date: Mon=2C 21 Dec 2009 08:58:52 -0500
> From: jaltman@secure-endpoints.com
> To: jakesays@live.com
> CC: openafs-win32-devel@openafs.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS-win32-devel] Status of the native windows client
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> On 12/20/2009 12:11 AM=2C Jake Helfert wrote:
> > I'd like to get an update on the status of the native windows client. I=
t
> > appears the branch was deleted in July of this year=2C and I cannot fin=
d
> > reference to any further work.
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> Jake:
>=20
> In general=2C OpenAFS has a policy of not deleting history from the
> public repository. In July the OpenAFS community converted from
> cvs to git for source code version control. All of the cvs branches
> were converted to git. The origin/openafs-windows-kdfs-ifs-branch
> branch contains all of the work that was accomplished prior to
> March 2009.
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> Since then two things have been done. First=2C just about all of the
> improvements to afsd_service have been incorporated into the smb
> releases. The only thing that wasn't is the actual interface to
> communicate with the afs redirector driver. Second=2C Peter Scott
> has been re-writing afsredir.sys. I have been running the resulting
> code on my Windows 7-x64 system for the last six weeks or so shaking
> out bugs and performance issues. At some point (hopefully soon) the
> revised source tree will be pushed back to the repository. The delay
> is due to the desire to send commits that are reviewable in one hour
> time chunks.
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> Jeffrey Altman
>=20
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Jeffrey=2C<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your reply. Any idea yet on whe=
n you'll push the source back in to the repository?</div><div><br></div><di=
v>Thanks=2C</div><div>Jake<br><br>>=3B Date: Mon=2C 21 Dec 2009 08:58:52 =
-0500<br>>=3B From: jaltman@secure-endpoints.com<br>>=3B To: jakesays@l=
ive.com<br>>=3B CC: openafs-win32-devel@openafs.org<br>>=3B Subject: Re=
: [OpenAFS-win32-devel] Status of the native windows client<br>>=3B <br>&=
gt=3B On 12/20/2009 12:11 AM=2C Jake Helfert wrote:<br>>=3B >=3B I'd li=
ke to get an update on the status of the native windows client. It<br>>=
=3B >=3B appears the branch was deleted in July of this year=2C and I can=
not find<br>>=3B >=3B reference to any further work.<br>>=3B <br>>=
=3B Jake:<br>>=3B <br>>=3B In general=2C OpenAFS has a policy of not de=
leting history from the<br>>=3B public repository. In July the OpenAFS c=
ommunity converted from<br>>=3B cvs to git for source code version contro=
l. All of the cvs branches<br>>=3B were converted to git. The origin/op=
enafs-windows-kdfs-ifs-branch<br>>=3B branch contains all of the work tha=
t was accomplished prior to<br>>=3B March 2009.<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Sinc=
e then two things have been done. First=2C just about all of the<br>>=3B=
improvements to afsd_service have been incorporated into the smb<br>>=3B=
releases. The only thing that wasn't is the actual interface to<br>>=
=3B communicate with the afs redirector driver. Second=2C Peter Scott<br>&=
gt=3B has been re-writing afsredir.sys. I have been running the resulting<=
br>>=3B code on my Windows 7-x64 system for the last six weeks or so shak=
ing<br>>=3B out bugs and performance issues. At some point (hopefully so=
on) the<br>>=3B revised source tree will be pushed back to the repository=
. The delay<br>>=3B is due to the desire to send commits that are review=
able in one hour<br>>=3B time chunks.<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Jeffrey Altman=
<br>>=3B <br>>=3B <br></div> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Trusted em=
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