FYI, we will be doing this on February 25th. On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 9:58 AM Matthew Ahrens <mahr...@delphix.com> wrote:
> == Background == > The goals of the OpenZFS project include ensuring that ZFS on every > operating system is featurefull and performant, and to coordinate > development coming from different operating systems. The ultimate way to > achieve this is a single source code repository that builds ZFS kernel > modules for multiple operating systems. We are now approaching this goal, > thanks to the work lead by folks from iXsystems, who started with the > ZFSonLinux repo and are adding support for FreeBSD. > > == Changes == > Because it will contain the ZFS source code for both Linux and FreeBSD, we > will rename the "ZFSonLinux" code repository to "OpenZFS". Specifically, > the repo at http://github.com/ZFSonLinux/zfs will be moved to the OpenZFS > organization, at http://github.com/OpenZFS/zfs. > > The next major release of ZFS for Linux and FreeBSD will be "OpenZFS 2.0", > and is expected to ship in 2020. > > == Non-Changes == > The ZFSonLinux project, and associated website, mailing list, IRC channel, > etc will continue using the "ZFSonLinux" name, since these are largely > associated with using ZFS on Linux, and there are separate resources for > ZFS users on FreeBSD. Releases will be managed similarly to ZoL releases, > by the team at LLNL. > > == How == > We'll be using GitHub's "Transfer Ownership" feature to move the repo. > We've tested this and it preserved all the associated issues, PR's, wiki, > releases, labels, etc. It also forwards existing URL's, both from the web > browser and the Git remote, so there should be no update required to > developers' workflows or external tools. That said, please let me know if > you are aware of any drawbacks to this mechanism. > > == When == > We plan to make this change before the end of the year. This will be > before the repo fully supports FreeBSD, but we see this as an important > step to signify OpenZFS as the home for ZFS source code for Linux and > FreeBSD. We hope that additional platforms will be able to adopt this repo > for their ZFS source code in the future as well (Mac OSX is currently being > worked on). > > == More Info == > See the slides > <https://drive.google.com/open?id=197jS8_MWtfdW2LyvIFnH58uUasHuNszz> and > video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e8emXau64U> from my talk at the > 2019 OpenZFS Developer Summit for more context and details. > > Thanks, > Matt Ahrens & Brian Behlendorf > ------------------------------------------ openzfs: openzfs-developer Permalink: https://openzfs.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T6aa3c033248cef9c-Mddb89f9bf01961a6c729a2df Delivery options: https://openzfs.topicbox.com/groups/developer/subscription
