On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:42:23PM +0000, Alex Bligh wrote: > > On 11 Mar 2013, at 12:18, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > Every time someone reimplements nbd-server, I die a little inside. > > I think separating out the negotiation stuff, and possibly the > packet processing stuff, into an LGPL library might increase the > life expectancy of your internal organs then.
doc/todo.txt, 3rd point ;-) (note, I can't turn it into an LGPL library without reimplementing or sending out huge swaths of emails asking for permission, so it'll probably be GPL) > This would allow a simple 50 line program to run as an NBD server. If done right, yes. I think there could also be some benefit in having a plugin system, actually. Anyway. > There are various things like qemu-nbd (and something I wrote > with a very different backend) which could use that happily. Yes, indeed. -- Copyshops should do vouchers. So that next time some bureaucracy requires you to mail a form in triplicate, you can mail it just once, add a voucher, and save on postage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
