We moved the zfs repo to https://github.com/openzfs/zfs.  The automated
tests (CI) were offline for a brief period but are working again now.
Please let us (Matt or Brian) know if you encounter any issues related to
the move.

--matt

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:59 AM Matthew Ahrens <mahr...@delphix.com> wrote:

> 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
>>

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