Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:59:57 +0100 From: Ulf Lilleengen <lulf@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] Merge of projects/gvinum to head Message-ID: <20090316155957.GA2385@carrot> In-Reply-To: <20090316155800.GA2257@carrot> References: <20090316155800.GA2257@carrot>
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On man, mar 16, 2009 at 04:58:00pm +0100, Ulf Lilleengen wrote: > Hello, > > This is a heads-up for a merge of gvinum project code into HEAD. This means > that gvinum implementation will be changed some. The code is based on the > work done by Lukas Ertl as well as the work I did before/during Google SoC > 2007 and afterwards. It has been staying in p4 for some time, and then moved > to the subversion project repository not long ago. The main reason for the > delay of getting this into HEAD have been the lack of reviewers of the code, > but after some discussion and help from testers, I've decided this is a good > time to get it in (should perhaps have been merged a bit earlier) Testers > have spotted several differences from the original gvinum, and I've tried to > make it behave as the old implementation wherever that seemed the best way to > go. Luckily, the work has gotten a bit of attention lately, thanks to Rick C. > Petty for helping out with testing and bugfixing, as well as all others who > have dared to run the new gvinum. So, what does this update offer? And I plan on importing it within 1-2 weeks :) -- Ulf Lilleengen
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