From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 00:20:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B06131065670 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbeeble@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF438FC12 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:20:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbeeble@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so526168ywe.13 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:20:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=Y6n9d6xPPbK71DRAlqIer//TVQRuMlA6HPalHhwOsEc=; b=aD1sTKw9ckX8r9BScZjlqX6nGXnNBRoBSh0Is3xS9kn1RV8CjEokx9i2YwJcWQQd75 yqBuj8HfiYx+uuLeqa2ndu8R/5P3gvWgrZ4o+oQf2iIue5NYzwynLvLAc9YHLBUOaXod MgyJGt2gPlOCotOGbdzc8gFF9HgejLKl5IPV4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=pPMyG064KhIv0G8zKJRVa4PxFMTz7wnEeplgChXOH6NHFS/NLsLr7Ykrd7DFOEeyPz Ft0cB96eakZAJXMh8UiKc0pglL4sqP/R/Mx1JUR+5HhUFBKr9qjJ5bJy2JMJiThOZdZV EBvZGtrDORoBwfhbpXcAZEkSkgYXgdcHynwI4= Received: by 10.151.41.14 with SMTP id t14mr1899425ybj.234.1227313205413; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:20:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.72.7 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:20:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5f67a8c40811211620x63ea3095m6817d9b9de2d2f9a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:20:05 -0500 From: "Zaphod Beeblebrox" To: "Paul B. Mahol" In-Reply-To: <3a142e750811211609u67969c2fqe16a88aea52309fb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5f67a8c40811211558n5fc77a54v3d4589dc838af443@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750811211609u67969c2fqe16a88aea52309fb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List Subject: Re: MFC ZFS: when? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:20:06 -0000 On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 11/22/08, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > In several of the recent ZFS posts, multiple people have asked when this > > will be MFC'd to 7.x. This query has been studiously ignored as other > > chatter about whatever ZFS issue is discussed. > > > > So in a post with no other bug report or discussion content to distract > us, > > when is it intended that ZFS be MFC'd to 7.x? > > Once no new bugs appear any more, and old one are fixed. That's a pretty cop-out answer. Considering the the version of ZFS in 7.x has significant issues and the ZFS patches havn't shown any propensity to affect non-ZFS systems when ZFS is not running or loaded, the benefit of importing the new code seems to outweigh any caution you might feel. I can understand an answer such as "not in 7.1, but immediately after" ... given the standards we apply to release branches ... but a vague "when no bugs seem to appear" applies much less to a system like ZFS (still in flux) than, say, the new USB stack.