Thanks all for the feedback! I plan to send out the mail at around 7pm IST to gluster-devel/gluster-users.
You can continue the discussion there too if you missed a chance to review it now. -Amar On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Niels de Vos <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 01:43:04PM +0530, Amar Tumballi 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. > > > > > > - *Dates: *The plan is to have the release around 2 months from the > date > > the final blocker patch gets into master branch. > > - Tentative: October 20th to have last patch, and Jan 1st for > release. > > - Warning: The above is literally 'tentative', and not to be > assumed > > as confirmed dates. > > > > > > > > *Other features users can anticipate:* > > > > - 'RIO volume type' [15]. > > - Extension of snapshot support for zfs / btrfs > > - Better support and documentation for monitoring > > Maybe a reminder that Gluster/NFS is expected to not be packaged for > distributions anymore? It currently is an optional package for Fedora > and CentOS Storage SIG, but we plan to not provide it at all anymore. > The code stays in the repository for now, but it may get dropped > completely later on. > > Niels > > > > > > > > *FAQ:* > > > > *1. *Will we have 3.13 to continue the trend of 3 months release > calendar? > > > > Answer: Yes. It will not be a LTS release. > > > > > > 2. Would 4.0 be LTS release ? > > > > Answer: No > > > > > > > > More information on this topic can be found at : > > https://hackmd.io/s/rJaLCP38b# > > > > Further discussions on this will be done at Gluster Summit 2017 at > Prague, > > CZ. Try to attend in person if you can!! > > > > > > Feedback welcome. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Gluster team. > > > > --------------------- > > > > > > I would like it to be going out just after the maintainers meeting this > > week, so please have the comments on it before the meeting itself, so we > > have most of the edits done before meeting. Lets not waste time on this > on > > maintainers meeting again. > > -Amar > > > _______________________________________________ > > maintainers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers > > -- Amar Tumballi (amarts)
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