Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:55:57 +0200 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [linux-lvm] Re: [repost] Announce: Linux-OpenLVM mailing list |
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 01:45:20PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote: > I don't think that the subscription is necessarily the only issue. I'm > subscribed to all of the LVM mailing lists, and still a lot of what I > submit (legitimate bug fixes, and not just features/code cleanup) does > not get added to CVS.
Just alone the fact that you as number one submitter of LVM-bugfixes since at least 0.8 do not get CVS write access is a sign of closedness for me.
But we discussed that on the sistina list.
> Yes, the no-possible-harm patches like man pages > went in, but not other stuff. Also, it doesn't appear that any of the > LVM changes are making it into the stock kernel, which is basically a > recepie for disaster.
100% True. A few days ago I looke at the LVM patches to see what parts of it could be fed to Linus in small pieces - but it's such a _huge_ mixture of bugfixes, cleanups and move-arounds that it looks pretty much impossible.
> Basically, I'm at the point where trying to create clean patches from my > LVM source tree to apply to CVS is so much work it is hardly worth it.
IMHO wou should just put _your_ tree on a sever and submit it (in pieces) to Linus. AFAIK all serious users of LVM have used you're patched versions.
Maybe openlvm is a good hood for such a project?
> I'm seriously looking at devoting the time I used to spend on LVM to the > EVMS project instead. They (appear to) have in-kernel LVM support working > already, so no user tools needed for VG/LV activation. Granted, they don't > yet have tools to create/modify VG/LVs, but I think I can help them there.
Yes - when looking at what code they produces it looks a _lot_ cleaner than Linux-LVM and while the papers had serious signs of Overengeering the actual code looks very good to me - it could just get a little better integrated with the main kernel, but that's a 2.5 issue.
Christoph
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