On 30/08/2013 16:44, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-08-30 10:34 AM, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 30/08/2013 16:29, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Why would there be a problem if someone decided to create a 3rd party >>> overlay *not* part of the official gentoo portage tree that contained >>> *only* the zfs stuff, and when this overlay was installed combined with >>> a zfs keyword for the kernel, portage would then pull in the required >>> files, and automagically build a kernel with an up to date version of >>> zfs properly and fully integrated? >>> >>> Would this not work, *and* have no problems with licensing? > >> there is no problem with licensing in that case. >> The ebuild could even go in the portage tree, as Gentoo is not >> redistributing sources when it publishes an ebuild. > > Thanks Alan! Just the answer I wanted. > > Ok, so... how hard would this be then? What would the chances be that > this could actually happen? I'll happily go open a bug for it if you > think the work would be minimal... > > It seems to me that I can't be the only one who would like to see this > happen? >
Ahem, Mr Bothwick! Our friend with the thing about free lunches needs you to demonstrate your penmanship, considering you have some proven results in this area. :-) -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
