On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 4:13 AM, Amar Tumballi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Ants, > > Below is the message we want to get out from ant colony to users and > developer community this week. (Was pending AI on me since 2 weeks). I want > each of you to review this and give a Ack/No Ack on this. > > Also if you think major edits are required for message, we can collaborate > on hackmd page : > https://hackmd.io/GwIwnGBmCsCM0FoDMsAcBTBAWADLLCYATLJiOmBVgMYAmAhvbLUA# > > ---------------- > Hello, > > 2 weeks back we (most of the maintainers of Gluster projects) had a > meeting, and we discussed about features required for Gluster 4.0 and also > the possible dates. > > Summary: > > > - It is agreed unanimously that the Gluster 4.0 should be feature > based release, and not just time based. > - The discussions were on what are the blocking features for 4.0 > release, and below were some features which we are considering as blocker > for release. > - > *glusterd2: * > > The scalable management interface, which will come with REST api and other > admin friendly options. Will be the ONLY major blocker for release. > > - *Thin clients (code: gfproxy):* > > Not a blocker as it is slated to get into master branch before next > release cut on 3.x series too. But we are calling it a major feature of 4.0 > as it brings many benefits and also change some of the assumptions and > current design principles of glusterfs project. > > - *Protocol/XDR changes:* > > Technically, Gluster's RPC is implemented in a way to support changing of > protocols inbetween even the minor releases, but the major changes like > adding another fop (like statx(), fadvise() or similar) will need some > protocol changes. > Also in discussion is the changes to dictionary structure on wire. We will > continue to work on each of this individually, and plan to work towards > meeting the release timeline. > Looks good to me. We could add Halo Replication to other features that users can anticipate if there are volunteers to work / test it out. We have not talked about this feature in any of our release messaging. Thanks, Vijay
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