Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:47:31 +0200 | From | Richard Weinberger <> | Subject | Re: OCFS2 1.6.0 for mainline? |
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:55:10 -0800, Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 07:49:43PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: >> Am 15.10.2011 19:45, schrieb Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu: >> > On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:38:27 +0200, Richard Weinberger said: >> > >> >> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/source.html states: >> >> "Active development on OCFS2 happens in the mainline kernel." >> >> >> >> But the mainline kernel seems to contain only version 1.5.0. >> >> >> >> Also the linux-next ocfs2 branch has only 1.5.0. >> >> git://oss.oracle.com/git/jlbec/linux-2.6.git linux-next >> >> >> >> Where can I get 1.6.0? >> > >> > Presumably, it's GPL, so you should be able to get a copy from the >> > person that told you that 1.6.0 exists. ;) >> > >> > Put differently, why do you think 1.6.0 is available? >> >> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/ >> >> "OCFS2 1.6 RELEASE >> >> OCFS2 1.6.3-1 and OCFS2 Tools 1.6.3-1 are the latest versions. The new >> features available in this release include Extended Attributes, POSIX >> ACLs, REFLINKs, Indexed Directories, Allocation Reservation, Metadata >> Checksums and User/Group Quotas." >> >> Looks like it's only available for "Unbreakable Linux" subscribers. >> The development seems to be detached from mainline. :-( > > Hello Folks, > Sorry I'm late to this game, but it's worth repeating. > Thankfully, you're just confused by shoddy version numbers. ALL > ocfs2 development happens in mainline. Any code that is in the 1.6.0 > release, or any RPM release, started in mainline. > We don't really pay any attention to the version number reported > in the mainline code. It's said 1.5.0 for years now. Mainline is > versioned by the kernel release. > To repeat, ALL of the code in the 1.6.x RPM (or any RPM put out > by Oracle or SuSE) started in mainline, with the possible exception of > any trivial compatability fixes. If you have the latest Linus code, you > have the latest ocfs2 code. >
Thanks for the clarification!
//richard
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