> > On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 22:55 -0700, Ché Kristo wrote: > > I am curious as to why these packages aren't in the > opensolaris IPS > > repositories, is it due to patent concerns or just > lack of interest on > > the part of Sun? > > Sun is funding the FUSE effort now (previously it > wasn't). FUSE will > have its inception review at PSARC soon. We are > planning on integrating > sshfs and ntfs-3g around the same time. One reason we > haven't been > releasing pre-built packages (for FUSE, ntfs-3g, > sshfs, ...) is because > it is still under development. There are a number of > serious bugs > (particularly around locking) which can cause panics, > data corruption > etc. These will be resolved before integration to > Nevada. FUSE > discussion happens on [email protected]. >
Thanks for the clarification. I forgot to mention that I am using the ntfs-3g driver only for non-essential data files, not because I don't have confidence in the underlying technology, but because it takes time to build confidence. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
